Article: Oak and wine ã how should they blend?

John Tagliabue
International Herald Tribune
10-08-2003
In the future, will wine still be put in oak, or will the oak be put into the wine? That is no idle question in Saint-Romain, population 300, in the heart of Burgundy wine country. The town is the headquarters of Tonnellerie Francois Freres, one of the world's biggest suppliers of fine oak barrels to wineries in Europe, the Americas and Australia. Not surprisingly, France is home to some of the biggest makers of oak barrels. Yet while wineries here in Burgundy and elsewhere in France use oak casks to age some wine, winemakers outside Europe have increasingly used oak chips to save money. To the horror of many in Europe, where the ...

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