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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

The map of the “Borbonium, ducatus. Bourbonnois” is taken from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum or Atlas novus by Willem and Joan Blaeu. This work of art, who has recently enriched the collections of the “Fonds Charlois pour l’Art et la Forêt”, helps us to understand the evolution of forests during centuries in central France.   […]

Tonnellerie Bernard is established in Lignières-Sonneville, in the heart of the “Grande Champagne” where the best cognacs are produced.   Armand Maurice Bernard founded the first family cooperage in 1936. He passed on his passion and his knowledge to his son who took over the cooperage before to pass on it to his own son, […]

The Oak is a Source of Inspiration! Monday morning, 10:30 AM. On the third floor of a Parisian building, Muriel Brégou, Director of La Chênaie Cosmetics, is making the final adjustments to her busy schedule. In a spacious, bright office with minimalist décor, the products from the La Chênaie range are prominently displayed, surrounded by […]

OAK IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION!   Monday, 10.30 am, 3rd floor of a Parisian office block. Muriel Bregou, Managing Director of the cosmetics company La Chênaie is checking some last-minute details in her extremely busy diary. In a vast, light-filled office of minimalist design, the company’s products sit in pride of place, along with […]

Published in October 2018, the book The oak in majesty, from forest to wine highlights the concept of forest terroir: a specific soil, aspect, and rainfall, as well as a particular exposure to sunlight, to which should be added the species or variety of tree, the density of plantation, as well as average age, all […]

The Montpellier exhibition center will host the next edition of SITEVI, international exhibition of equipment and know-how for vine-wine, olive and fruit & vegetable production, from November 26th to 28th, 2019.   Becoming the business and innovation meeting, this biennial is the world leader in the three sectors.   After the record reached for its [...]

Key handover ceremony of the Duchy of Nivernais to Jean-Baptiste Colbert   On October 23 1659, Colbert wrote to Mazarin to describe the key handover ceremony of the Duchy of Nivernais which took place on the previous Sunday (October 19 1659). The festivities went forth till the day after as specified by Colbert : “The […]

At the beginning of October, the 7th edition of Wine and barrels competition took place in the beautiful surroundings of the Noirlac Abbey in France.   The Wine and Barrels competition or « Alliances du monde » is aimed at exceptional wines aged in oak barrels, which represent less than 2% of the world’s wine volume.   […]

The 28th edition of SIMEI, the leading international fair in technology for the winemaking and bottling sectors, will be held from 19th to 22th November 2019 in Milan.   Every two years, this international event brings together the major players in the sector to exchange and discover the latest developments in the wine industry.   […]