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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

October is traditionally pink. It is the month dedicated to the fight against breast cancer, a time for prevention and awareness. On this occasion, Florence Vard, president and founder of Foutu Cancer 58, and La Chênaie have joined forces for a common cause.   Foutu Cancer 58 Wednesday, October 9th in Murlin. A day like […]

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 [...]

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 […]

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 […]

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 [...]

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 […]

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 [...]

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 […]

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 […]