When you think of the attributes of your choices in closures....... ...you think about mainly performance and price. Your modern options are glass stoppers, screw caps , traditional, one- piece natural corks , "technical" corks (something made from natural corks), or (I shudder to think)…
I'm sure that someone with your experience has noticed a difference in personality between barrels of the same type from one cooperage. It's not very confidence inspiring when you think you finally have the recipe for what you consider the benchmark for one of your…
SHOCKINGLY, every barrel company thinks theirs are "the best". Every person who has ever sold barrels which are not currently in your cellar will paint a beautiful picture of what their barrels can do for you: Fame, riches, six- pack abs, etc. Reality is that…