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Oregon Barrel Works: News Update
Oregon Barrel Works builds Oregon oak barrels on site, in McMinnville, Oregon for harvest 2006: For the past nine years Oregon Barrel Works has made their barrels at Demptos Napa Cooperage. In 2006 the Oregon oak barrel building was moved onsite to Oregon Barrel Works McMinnville location. Moving the barrel building on site allowed Oregon Barrel Works to fine-tune the toasting of the barrels. Oregon Barrel Works also added a three-step water emersion process designed to increase the sweetness of the Oregon oak and reduce aggressive tannins. Link to Oregon Barrel Works article in “The Oregonian” November 7th 2006, by Joan Cirillo. http://olive.live.advance.net/foodday/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1162585511251420.xml&coll=7 Link to Oregon Barrel Works Article in “Wines and Vines”, Winemaking with Oak Alternatives, July 2006 issue, by Tina Caputo. http://www.winesandvines.com/feature_july_06_oak.html 2007 IPNC: Oregon Barrel Works Barrel Firing. Rick DeFerrari, and the Oregon Barrel Works team, demonstrates over an open fire how they bend and toasts barrels made from oak grown in Hungary, France, America and Oregon. For more info go to www.ipnc.org
Oregon Barrel Works, Oregon Oak barrel sales for $752 at the 2007 Salud Auction. Salud works to provide access to healthcare services for Oregon‘s seasonal vineyard workers and their families. For more information: www.saludauction.org Mel Knox, Barrel Broker's new website: Oregon Barrel Works is now the Pacific Northwest Rep for Tonnellerie Jacques Garnier. Tonnellerie Jacques Garnier is one of the oldest cooperages in France. Jacqus Garnier specializes in barrels made form European oak sourced in eastern Poland and the Ukraine. In 2001, after an eight year partnership, Rick DeFerrari, purchased Francois Freres D'Oregon from the Francois Freres Group and created Oregon Barrel Works.
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