A Chardonnay aged in oak barrels or casks can be a real delight. The grape variety, which tends towards apple notes and is ...

The barrels are unique to Isle of Harris Distillery and have never before been used to mature Scotch malt whisky. The result is a whisky that is "intriguing, floral, and refined", featuring layers of ...

The Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series is back ... who hand rotates the barrels as our bourbon ages over multiple seasons,” Beth Buckner, lead blender at Maker’s Mark, told Food & Wine. According to ...

Rich, complex and finely textured, chardonnay is the foundation of most of New Zealand’s finest dry whites. Spread through ...

Oak and wine were made for each other. The wood and how it is treated introduces flavors compounds and textures. Oak barrels allow slow oxygenation, which engenders complexity and depth.

It takes two to four centuries to grow the oak tree for a wine barrel. Then, after tree harvest, four, usually more, years to season the wood and the staves. Finally, it is time to turn the staves ...

Sauvignon Blanc is New Zealand’s signature grape. Below is a brief description and tasting notes on 15 of New Zealand’s award ...

Cowboys and Dreamers differs from the core añejo expression in that the latter is aged for 18 months in French oak red wine barrels, so about six months less than this release. That’s the same ...

That blend is then finished in different types of barrels ... that has been used before in the wine industry before, and the point is to gradually toast the wood in a slow and low style instead ...

Here are brief descriptions and tasting notes on five rums the IWSC judging deemed essential for a home bar and the perfect base for rum cocktails.

Upper Bench Estate Winery & Creamery partnered up with the Penticton's Men's Shed, taking 20 of their used wine barrels and turning them into dog beds to sell for charity. Winery operations manager ...