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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 […]

Jean-Guillaume Mathiaut is a multi-talented artist who has had a deep and abiding bond with oak trees and the forest since his childhood. This bond has naturally led him to take up sculptural art – in oak, of course. This career path and the connection with oak trees were, of course, a natural fit for […]

Tonnellerie Saury is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. To celebrate this exceptional event, the Saury Cooperage has created the “150” barrel in a limited edition, numbered and produced in 150 copies, for 2023. The “150” barrel honors its coopers, the Saury family and the rare oak woods used in cooperage, whose average age is […]

L’Atelier du Foudrier, the Charlois Group’s foudre (large oak vat) cooperage, has developed an innovative stirring system for round and oval casks. Drawing on its experience of in-vat bâtonnage, develop and perfected for a high-profile customer in 2013, and in response to the growing popularity of foudres, the Charlois Group’s design office has developed a […]

The development of the Charlois Group now calls for us to add structure to our governance to allow for greater transversality and fluidity between our different entities, in order to better meet the needs of our business and our clients. To support the President on an operational level we are therefore delighted to announce the appointments, as of October […]

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 […]

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The CHARLOIS Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of the DOREAU group by its subsidiary OAK NATION.   Moët Hennessy, the Wines & Spirits branch of LVMH, will hold through Maison Hennessy, main client of the DOREAU group, a minority party of its capital.   The operation responds to Thierry Doreau’s desire to perpetuate […]

ONF Fall Sale of Nevers (October 15, 2021)   The big annual autumn sale of hardwood lumber from the public forests of Nièvre and Yonne departments was organized last week by the ONF in Clamecy, in the north of Nièvre *. Timber sales, organized throughout the year, are part of the forest management process necessary […]

The Jury of the OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine), which met in Paris on September 9, 2021, this year awarded 16 Prizes and 10 Special Mentions from around sixty publications in competition.   Today, we are very proud to announce that the work “Le Chêne en majesté, de la forêt au vin”, written […]