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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

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 […]

The Christmas tree is an essential part of the festive season. In Murlin, we like to uphold tradition and this year it’s all homemade!   A Christmas tree from Le Morvan and decorations from Murlin, from the cooperage and from the forest. Jérôme Legrand, chef at the Auberge des Bertranges, was the project manager, an […]

He took over from his father, who had taken over from his father. At 22 years of age, Florent Bourgeat is a travelling distiller, going from village to village in the Nièvre department of France.   He is young, talks with a Nièvre accent and is approachable and cheerful. We’re talking about Florent, a licensed […]

One job, one passion: wine.   The appointment is set for late afternoon on a Tuesday in Bordeaux. For Cyrille Faure, 48, sales manager at Tonnellerie Bernard in Lignières-Sonneville, it’s a day almost like any other. Between customer meetings and wine tasting. Interview.   If you’re going to take the risk of talking wine with […]