32 WINES&VINES April 2015
OAK BARREL ALTERNATIVES
KEY POINTS
Tanks designed for aging and flavoring wine with oak barrel alternatives give
winemakers more options.
Toasts can lend wine specific flavors or a more traditional oak impact.
Oak extraction tanks can provide a quick boost of oak flavor when needed.
COVER STORY
Specialty Tanks
Encourage Oak Extraction
Suppliers offer more products, equipment and toasts for oak barrel alternatives
By Andrew Adams
A
s the use of oak barrel alternative products becomes more
popular, several companies are now offering specialized
equipment to help winemakers easily and efficiently incor-
porate oak staves and chips into their wine programs.
Oak suppliers also continue to expand their product lines with new
toasts and new barrel alternative products. —continues on page 34
The redesigned
Flexcube works
with BarriQ
stave inserts.
