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The CHARLOIS Group, through its subsidiary OAK NATION, and the ANTIGONE company are pleased to announce that they have taken a majority stake in OAKWOOD COOPERAGE via BLUE OAK (a holding held for 51% by OAK NATION and 49% by ANTIGONE).   Through this investment in OAKWOOD COOPERAGE, OAK NATION takes a step into the Scottish whisky market. This […]

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, […]

Located in the Petite Champagne, in the heart of the Cognac “appellation d’origine contrôlée” area, the Atelier du Foudrier has inherited a long craft tradition that goes back to the mid 19th century. Craftsmen from the workshop transmitted and received for nearly 170 years – the first cooperage was founded in 1850 in Alsace by […]

Several historical sources confirm that Eugène Charlois (son, grandson, brother and nephew of stave splitters) began his wood-making business in Murlin in 1928.