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As the global spirits industry navigates a phase of inventory rebalancing, CHARLOIS announces significant new investments through OAKING, its integrated cask management platform

It seems as if the sun had been ordered on purpose for this morning spent harvesting liber cambium, the ultra-moisturizing active ingredient in La Chênaie’s PETRASEVE® line, which is harvested once a year in the Bertranges forest.   The shipment had been planned for just over a week. Given the recent weather, rain gear and […]

In 2010, Carole Georges and Jean-François Dumont took up a rather crazy challenge: to restore the centuries-old art of Nevers earthenware to its former glory by infusing it with a healthy dose of modernity, while preserving its traditional know-how.   Developed in Nevers at the end of the 16th century by the Conrade brothers, originally […]

They came as neighbors, from Sancerre, Verdigny to be precise, where they’ve been cultivating their own vines for several generations. Firmin Dezat, who runs the estate with the same name, accompanied by his parents and his entire team, spent a day in the land of merrandier. A day well spent.   It all starts with […]

Oaks may be sold either standing, roadside or cut to size.   Standing timber: lTrees offered for sale are marked or selected by the seller (ONF, forestry expert…), in the forest, to form a batch. Once the deed of sale has been signed, the buyer becomes the owner and is responsible for harvesting, felling and […]

After Tonnellerie Doreau in Gensac, Manufacture tonnelière La Grange in Murlin is the second Charlois group company to be awarded the EPV (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) label. It joins the ranks of some 1,400 companies with this label.   Manufacture tonnelière La Grange has been based in Murlin, in the Nièvre region, since 2016, in […]

Youthful experience   To celebrate World Community Manager Day on Monday, January 22, 2024, let’s take a closer look at Laure Posada, Charlois group’s community manager. At 27, this native of Ile-de-France has been living in Bordeaux for 3 years and joined Charlois just over a year ago. Her credo: digital communication in general and […]

Cooperage oak is a rare material from the forest. There are different types of oak used for maturing wines and spirits. French oak, European oak and American oak.   French oak French oaks, sessile (quercus petraea) and pedunculate (quercus robur), are used only for maturing fine wines. These slow-growing oaks produce very fine grains. Sessile […]

Optimizing oak raw material is at the heart of the Charlois group’s commitments, which recycles 100% of its wood raw material, of which nearly 90% in-house.   As Jean-Louis Binder’s photographies from the 1960s and the Maison Charlois archives testify, this policy of recycling production by-products (coquerons, short off-cuts, shavings, sawdust, sw [...]

“Imagine up to 300 years between the growth of a young oak, the drying process, maturation, and the moment when we taste a vintage aged in one of its barrels!”.   It takes 1,500 naturally regenerated seedlings to harvest a single oak tree with a diameter of 80 cm. It takes 1,500 naturally regenerated seedlings […]