Employees from stavemills Maison Charlois (Murlin), Nièvre Merrain (Varzy) and Ateliers du Chêne (Saint-Martin-du-Muy) gathered on friday July 21 to visit the Bertranges forest and the Charlois houses located in Murlin, group’s historic birthplace. A day placed under the sign of skills-sharing and conviviality!
What region (country) are you from? I was born and raised near St. Louis, Missouri. The city is situated on the banks of the Mississippi River, in the center of what we call “The Midwest”. It is home to the Gateway Arch (the smallest National Park but the tallest artificial monument in America). I currently […]
“To ensure that the forester renews the forest is the main criterion in the public forests” Particularly attentive to the forest environments respect and to the sustainability of their management, we are ensuring the origin of our oak supplies, by carefully choosing our providers and by systematically favouring PEFC certification. ONF (Office national des […]
Initiated in 2019, after major work to prepare the land parcel, the Doué reforestation program, in edge of the Bertranges forest, is now in its third year. This planted forest, now at the seedling stage of growth (1 to 5 years), is doing well thanks to the good weather and geological conditions but also thanks […]
Cooper companion Originally from Corrèze (in the same department as Tonnellerie Saury), Mickaël first intended to work as a cabinetmaker. With a STI (Industrial technologies and sciences) baccalaureate in applied arts in hand, he went, on the advice of a friend, to the “Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France” with the idea to […]
Being eco-responsible at home is good. Continuing your efforts in your company is even better. The use of the Internet is now unavoidable but it generates real environmental impacts. There are many effective ways to reduce them, including: E-MAILS To be classified as soon as they arrive, we must, for example, think about eliminating all spam […]
More accostumated to the bitumen than to the centuries-old oaks used in cooperage, Jordane Saget succeeds in magnifying this original medium, thus reminding the art of the painting on tondo (circular painting which became popular in Italy during the 15th century). Thanks to this order made by Le Clos Des Fées, the artist paid a special tribute […]
In order to value raw material and in response to oenological practices*, we develop different ranges of oak products for oenology. Those products, made from stave quality oak not selected for barrels because of minor defects (wood fiber cut…), are a good organoleptic solution for ageing the wines intended to be consumed younger than wines […]
Considering the number of cups consumed every year and recognizing the urgent need to reduce the impact of plastic pollution, Charlois Group decided to eliminate completely disposable cups at its various sites. So far and according to law, cups provided to employees were systematically recycled. As a matter of fact, recycling is not enough […]
Since 1974, World Environment Day has been celebrated every year on 5 June. This year the theme is biodiversity – a concern that is both urgent and existential. As a matter of fact, the environmental situation is quite alarming. Within the next 10 years, one out of every four known species may have been wiped […]
