The use of oak barrels in the French wine industry

(22 Oct 2007) FRANCE WINE BARRELS
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LENGTH: 5:42
SHOT LIST:
Chateauneuf du Pape – September 2007
1. Various harvest
2. Man pouring wine at lunch
Cognac, Charente region, south-western France – June 26th, 2007
3. Wide shot of the entrance of Seguin-Moreau’s main production site.
4. Mid shot of Seguin-Moreau’s main production site
5. Close up of a fork-lift truck carrying staves pallets
6. Wide shot of a fork-lift truck carrying staves pallets
7. Close up of selected oak staves pallets maturing. Humidification phase
8. Mid Shot of selected oak staves pallets alignment. Humidification phase
9. Wide shot of selected oak staves pallets alignment. Humidification phase
10. (Wide shot) on oak staves pallets alignment left outside for maturation
11. Wide shot of a Seguin-Moreau’s workshop. Assemblage and oenological firing workshop
12. Mid shot of a worker gauging oak staves with a machine before they are assembled to become a barrel. Tightening phase
13. Close up of a worker gauging oak staves
14. Mid shot of the machine used by workers to gauge oak staves before they are assembled to become a barrel. Tightening phase
15. Set up shot of Boris Nicolas, Production Supervisor with Seguin-Moreau
16. SOUNDBITE (French), Boris Nicolas, Production Supervisor
” My job in this workshop is to handle the traceability of the staves and the whole production process, in order to check that there aren’t any mistakes made during production. So we can identify the traceability of woods for each client, wherever in the production line. ”
17. Pan on an apprentice assembling oak staves to make a barrel. Tightening phase
18. Mid shot of an apprentice assembling oak staves to make a barrel, using an iron rope to twist the staves and thus form the traditional barrel shape
19. Close up of the apprentice
20. Wide shot on a cooper putting the iron circle that will strengthen the barrel’s structure
21. Mid shot of the cooper adjusting iron circles with a hammer and a piece of wood
22. Mid shot of the Firing section with a barrel being fired with particular care (the process called “bousinage” determines the oenological qualities and characteristics of a barrel)
23. Pan on a cooper changing a barrel from one fire to another. Bousinage phase
24. Pan on a cooper bending a barrel with an iron rope while it is still fired
25. Wide shot of the cooper bending the barrel
26. Close up of a barrel being bent while it is still fired
27. Mid Shot of the barrel bending and being fired
28. Mid shot of a worker testing whether a barrel is liquid-proof
29. Mid Shot of the worker testing the barrel
30. Mid shot of the worker leaving the barrel tested, then pan on the barrel rolling with water pouring out
31. Wide shot of the barrel rolling
32. SOUNDBITE (French), Boris Nicolas, Production Supervisor
” The most critical phase of the barrel production is the barrel firing in relation to the (wine producing) region specificities. Each region has a particular type of firing corresponding to its type of vine: Bourgogne and its Pinot Noir, or Bordeaux and its Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon.”
33. Wide shot of a barrel entering an automated sanding down and fixing line
34. Mid shot of the barrel being rubbed down
35. Close up of the barrel being rubbed down
36. Mid shot of the barrel rolling out of the machine
37. Set up shot of Philippe RAPACZ, chairman and CEO of Seguin-Moreau
38. SOUNDBITE (French), Philippe RAPACZ, chairman and CEO
39. Mid Shot of a worker adjusting a barrel cover under a laser print
Minervois – September 2007

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