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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 variety of their products […]

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 his […]

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 […]

  Through its subsidiary Oak Nation, Charlois is proud to announce the acquisition of 100% of Graf Brothers in the United States.   For four generations, the Graf family has been active in oak processing in the United States. Founded in 2003 by Greg and Dave Graf in South Shore, Kentucky, at the heart of […]

It’s brand new, just out, the first edition of Charlois magazine. It’s a condensed version of information about the group, its houses, news, art and culture, women and men. In this first number, we look at the Charlois family and its history through the centuries, from Jacques in 1657 to Sylvain today. It’s also about […]

He’s a forest man. The Bertranges forest, where he grew up and still lives today. Maxime Bollotte, 17, a student at the forestry high school in Crogny (Aube), has just returned from a week’s trip to Romania, where he took part in the European forestry race team championships.   Last September, Maxime was at Charlois […]

Through this new series on the professions of cooperage, we will guide you through each step and skill of the trade, covering the roles of scaler, crosscutter, splitter, sawyer, edger, sorter, quality controller, and stacker of staves.   After the Charlois buyers select the oaks in the forest, the most important task in working oak […]