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"La Chênaie Steps Out of the Woods"
Nestled within the ancient oaks of the Bertranges Forest, a well-kept secret of wellness and beauty awaits discovery: La Chênaie. For generations, the Charlois family has cultivated unique expertise in forestry, stave-making, and cooperage. Since 2016, they have drawn from the very essence of oak to craft skincare products that embody beauty both i [...]
31 October 2024
2 min.

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CHARLOIS strengthens OAKING to offer global distillers a complete cask management platform
As the global spirits industry navigates a phase of inventory rebalancing, CHARLOIS announces significant new investments through OAKING, its integrated cask management platform
16 June 2026
2 min.
Stavemill professions #2 – Cut Before You Shape!
In 1928, after eight generations of forestry activity, Eugène Charlois established a splitting workshop in Murlin: Maison Charlois.   After the selection of oak trees in the forest by Charlois buyers, the most crucial step in the crafting of stave-grade oak is the splitting of the wood. This is an ancestral skill, a traditional technique […]
17 October 2024
2 min.
Nevers Auction 2024 – Parcel 250 in the Bertranges Forest
A few weeks ago, with the autumn sale in Nevers approaching, the Charlois team headed into the Bertranges Forest to appraise a parcel set to go under the hammer on October 4th. Known as Parcel 250, it was one of the finest lots listed in the ONF catalog.   For this sale, around 120 lots […]
10 October 2024
4 min.
Launch of the Ateliers du Chêne website
We’re delighted to present the website of Ateliers du Chêne, the Charlois sawmill specializing in railway sleepers and oak sawn timber!   This new platform provides greater visibility for Ateliers du Chêne, located in Saint-Martin-du-Puy in the Morvan region of France, to showcase their expertise, their ultra-efficient production tools and the vari [...]
19 September 2024
1 min.
European Heritage Days 2024
For the Third Year in a Row theFonds Charlois pour l’Art et la Forêt and the Manufacture tonnelière La Grange will open their doors on September 21 and 22, 2024, for theEuropean Heritage Days.. A special edition for the Manufacture tonnelière La Grange which was awarded the Entreprise du patrimoine vivant (EPV) label in recognition […]
15 September 2024
1 min.
Benoît Torcheboeuf, Head of Tonnelleries Artisanales de Charente, as Told by Stéphane Ebel
Globe-trotting Cooper Companion A great-grandfather who was a cooper and a grandfather who was a winemaker. The foundations were set for Benoît Torcheboeuf, Production Manager at Tonnelleries Artisanales de Charente, which includes the Marchive and Mercier cooperages. He could have chosen to work with his father, who ran a public works company, but [...]
05 September 2024
5 min.
Stavemill professions #1 - To cube is to win!
Cubing logs* is the first step in the stave mill process. This is where future barrels are shaped.   Logs are trucked directly from the forest to the Group’s staveyards. In Murlin, in Varzy (Nièvre Merrain), in Saint-Martin-du-Puy (Ateliers du chêne) or at Tonnelleries Merranderies Réunies in Charente… One by one, the logging truck places […]
29 August 2024
2 min.
History of tree houses
The craze for treehouses is not new. The first boom in these unusual constructions dates back to the Renaissance, in particular in English and Italian aristocratic circles. Several engravings from the 16th and 17th centuries bear witness to this (for example, Stefano della Bella’s engraving of a platform perched in an oak tree in the […]
01 August 2024
3 min.
Acquisition of Graf Brothers by Charlois
  Through its subsidiary Oak Nation, Charlois is proud to announce the acquisition of 100% of Graf Brothers in the United States.   For four generations, the Graf family has been active in oak processing in the United States. Founded in 2003 by Greg and Dave Graf in South Shore, Kentucky, at the heart of […]
24 July 2024
2 min.
Read on!
It’s brand new, just out, the first edition of Charlois magazine. It’s a condensed version of information about the group, its houses, news, art and culture, women and men. In this first number, we look at the Charlois family and its history through the centuries, from Jacques in 1657 to Sylvain today. It’s also about […]
18 July 2024
1 min.