A WORLD OF COOPERS

Frowned upon by Burgundy, embraced by California, oak – especially new oak – has a tremendous effect on every sensory aspect of a wine. Choosing the middle road, we use some oak on some of our wines. Oak has a fascinating origin and history. Its forests throughout France were planted to provide ship wood when the world was still considered flat. Each forest has subtle and definitive characteristics as complicated and unique as vineyards in Cote d’Or or Marlborough. Coopering is as much of an art as winemaking, and strikingly similar.