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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

Tonnellerie Saury is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. To celebrate this exceptional event, the Saury Cooperage has created the “150” barrel in a limited edition, numbered and produced in 150 copies, for 2023. The “150” barrel honors its coopers, the Saury family and the rare oak woods used in cooperage, whose average age is […]

Tonnelleries Bernard, Leroi, Charlois Cooperage, Nadalié USA and Saury teams will meet you at the next Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento from January 24th to 26th 2023.   For more information on this event click here.

In the long term, climate change will result in a progressive reorganisation of the geographical distribution of the trees. The rise in temperatures will therefore result in species migrating northwards or to higher altitudes. This northward shift in species distribution areas is expected to be at a rate of about 500 km within a century, […]

L’Atelier du Foudrier, the Charlois Group’s foudre (large oak vat) cooperage, has developed an innovative stirring system for round and oval casks. Drawing on its experience of in-vat bâtonnage, develop and perfected for a high-profile customer in 2013, and in response to the growing popularity of foudres, the Charlois Group’s design office has dev [...]

Painting on a backdrop barrel by Graffmatt, 2022

As part of the ongoing structuring of our governance, David Le Gac has been appointed as Industrial Director of OAK NATION, effective January 1, 2023. Oak Nation, a subsidiary of the Charlois Group, encompasses a comprehensive range of professions from forest management to winemaking, including:Forestry, Sawmilling, Stave-making, Cooperage and larg [...]

In the continuation of the measures to strengthen our corporate structure, we are pleased to announce the appointment of David Le Gac to the post of Industrial Director of OAK NATION, the subsidiary of the Charlois Group that reunites all the trades relating to the forest and wine, such as forestry, sawmill operations, stave-making, cooperage, […]

After production, merrain staves are stacked in 0.5 m3 open-sided pallets to promote air circulation during the maturation process in the open air. Charlois Group stave producers also utilize a second stacking method known as “chimney stacking” (approximately 0.25 m3). This method, which ensures better air circulation and more uniform aging, is res [...]