44 WINES&VINES February 2018
OAK BARRELS
BARREL SUPPLIERS
Company Phone Website
Oregon Barrel Works /
Tonnellerie DeFerrari
(503) 472-8883 oregonbarrelworks.com
Pickering Winery Supply (415) 474-1588 winerystuff.com
Premier Wine Cask (707) 257-0714 premierwinecask.com
ReCoop Barrels (707) 829-7103 recoopbarrels.com
Rich Xiberta USA (707) 795-1800 xiberta.com
Saury Tonnellerie (707) 944-1330 saury.com
Scott Laboratories Inc. (707) 765-6666 scottlab.com
Seguin Moreau Napa
Cooperage
(707) 252-3408 seguinmoreaunapa.com
Sonoma Cast Stone (877) 283-2400 concretewinetanks.com
StaVin Inc. (415) 331-7849 stavin.com
TN Coopers (707) 996-5600 tncoopers.com
Tonnellerie Ô (707) 752-6350 tonnellerieo.com
Tonnellerie Baron ~ OXOline (707) 328-8207 tonnellerie.com
Tonnellerie Bel Air (707) 987-8905 tonnellerie-bel-air.fr
Tonnellerie Bordelaise (707) 225-5783 tonnellerie-bordelaise.com
Tonnellerie Boutes (510) 799-1518 boutes.com
Tonnellerie Cadus (333) 802-64949 tonnelleriecadus.com
Tonnellerie de Mercurey
USA Inc
(707) 246-1708 tonnellerie-de-mercurey.com
Tonnellerie du Val de Loire (707) 315-5114 jensenbarrels.com
Tonnellerie Garonnaise (510) 799-1518 garonnaise.com
Tonnellerie Meyrieux (707) 259-5344 tonnelleriemeyrieux.com
Tonnellerie Orion (330) 645925458 tonnellerieorion.com
Tonnellerie Quintessence (707) 935-3452 tonnelleriequintessence.fr
Tonnellerie Radoux USA (707) 284-2888 radouxcooperage.com
Tonnellerie Remond (707) 935-2176
Tonnellerie Saint Martin
North America
(805) 226-5622 tonnelleriesaintmartin.com
Tonnellerie Sansaud USA (707) 759-5035 sansaud-usa.com
Tonnellerie Sirugue (310) 403-8398 sirugueusa.com
Tonnellerie Sylvain (707) 259-5344 tonnellerie-sylvain.fr
Tonnellerie Taransaud (415) 549-7333 taransaud.com
Tonnellerie Tremeaux (330) 380247929 tonnellerie-tremeaux.fr
Trust International Corp. (561) 540-4043 barrelmakers.com
TW Boswell (707) 255-5900 twboswell.com
United Bottles & Packaging (450) 622-1600 unitedbottles.com
Vadai Barrels / Vadai Wine LLC (626) 289-8250 vadaiwinebarrels.com
Vicard Generation 7 (707) 228-5982 vicardg7.com
Wine and Beer Supply LLC (844) 482-9463 wineandbeersupply.com
World Cooperage (707) 255-5900 worldcooperage.com
For more information about the suppliers listed above, visit winesandvines.com/buyersguide
or see Wines & Vines' 2018 Buyer's Guide.
Schweiger enjoyed the oppor-
tunity to compare his tasting notes
to the lab results but still would
like more data on the full impact
of barrels on wine. That analysis
only goes so far, as it's still unclear
how a barrel can affect a wine. ETS
was able to provide a tannin analy-
sis of the control wine, but there's
not yet a precise way to fully track
the true phenolic impact of oak.
"They still don't have an accurate
way of really determining the phe-
nolic contributions of oak into a
wine as it ages, and to me that
would be the most fascinating
thing to see," Schweiger said.
Herve said oak tannins are
highly reactive molecules that
form complex bonds with wine
phenolics increasing color, add-
ing resistance to oxidation and
modulating astringency and bit-
terness. "At the same time, unfor-
tunately these complexes are
difficult to measure within the
already intricate mixture of wine
phenolics," he said.
How oak affects a wine's
mouthfeel and finish through the
polymerization of tannins is still
somewhat unclear. A winemaker
must then rely on experience,
craft and his or her palate—leav-
ing some final decisions in the
subjective arena of human percep-
tion. As Schweiger notes, the final
analysis is often left to a powerful
but unpredictable machine. "That
is one of the issues we are dealing
with: a very complicated elec-
trode, our palate, hooked up to a
very flawed computer, the brain
of a winemaker."
BARREL SUPPLIERS
Company Phone Website
ADOUR USA Tonnellerie 33 (0)5 62 69 46 75 adour.fr/web/en/home/
Alain Fouquet & Assoc. Inc. (707) 265-0996 alainfouquet.com
ALLARY Tonnellerie (503) 307-1593
nicholaskeelerinternational.com
Artisan Barrels & Tanks Inc. (510) 339-0170 artisanbarrels.com
Barrel Builders Inc. (707) 963-9963 barrelbuilders.com
Barrels Unlimited Inc. (562) 673-3825 barrelsunlimited.com
Berthomieu Tonnellerie (707) 224-2377 berthomieu.com
The Boswell Co. (415) 457-3955 boswellcompany.com
Bouchard Cooperages (707) 257-3582 bouchardcooperages.com
Brick Packaging / A Saxco Co. (866) 770-7600 brickpackaging.com
Canton Cooperage (707) 843-4407 cantoncooperage.com
Carolina Wine Supply (336) 677-6831 carolinawinesupply.com
CFP Winemakers (412) 232-4507 cfpwinemakers.com
Charlois Cooperage USA (707) 944-1371 charloiscooperageusa.com
Cooperages 1912 Napa (707) 255-5900 cooperages1912.com
Demptos Napa Cooperage (707) 257-2628 demptosusa.com
Ermitage Tonnellerie (707) 224-2377 tonnellerie-ermitage.com
Flexcube—The New
Cooperage
(707) 295-9552 flexcubegroup.com
Gino Pinto Inc. (609) 561-8199 ginopinto.com
H&A Barrel Management (707) 523-1112 ha-barrelmanagement.com
Heinrich Cooperage (707) 738-8670 heinrich.com.au
Heritage Barrels LLC (707) 598-3285 heritagebarrels.com
iPak Wine (805) 550-4729 ipakwine.com
Kádár Hungary 415-218-3403 kadarhungary.com
LaGlasse Co. (330) 387642778 laglasse.com
Laurence Cheftel Inc. (707) 259-5344 tonnellerie-sylvain.fr
Le Grand Oak
North America LLC
(707) 455-1095 legrandoak.com
Le Grand USA (707) 738-7465 legrandusa.com
Leroi Tonnellerie (707) 944-1371 tonnellerie-leroi.com
Louis Latour Inc. (415) 479-4616 louislatour.com
Magreñán Toneleria (707) 224-2377 magrenan.es
Mio Vigneto Products (415) 531-6450 miovigneto.com
The Morlet Selection Inc. (707) 967-8690 morletselection.com
Nadalie USA (707) 942-9301 nadalie.com
Napa Barrel Repair Shop (707) 253-1182 napabarrelrepair.com
Napa Valley Barrels Inc. (707) 246-5505 peterdunsmuir.com
Oak Add-Ins (Nadalie USA) (707) 942-9301 oakaddins.com
Oak Infusion Spiral by
The Barrel Mill
(800) 201-7125 infusionspiral.com
Oak Wise for Beverages (209) 224-5353 oak-wise.com
