How $50,000 #French oak barrels are made to age #wine. #Winemaking

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while both American Oak and French Oak can be used to make a Fooda French Oak is considered far superior which explains why it’s more than twice the cost French Oak is a heavily inspected and regulated resource used only for the most precious projects like repairing notredam Cathedral there’s an initial quality check upon arrival one of many in the road to becoming a food a worker will measure out the desired length and make note of any initial knots or imperfections in the wood which would cause a leak in the final Barrel the logs are sorted and lifted onto a conveyor where a machine removes the bark each log is then cut into a pile known as a Bool then they’re unstacked and re-examined the blls are placed outside to be air dried for up to 4 years before they’re delivered to a buyer