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“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 […]

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 […]

While the use of oak (Quercus robur, Quercus petraea and Quercus alba) dominates today very largely the cooperage, it has not always been so. Different archaeological studies have indeed shown that the barrels were originally made of softwood. Oak has established itself over the centuries, first for mechanical issues, then more recently for its organoleptic […]

A narrow strip of land extending over some thirty kilometers on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Lavaux vineyard (canton of Vaud) enjoys a particularly favorable climate for the cultivation of vines which has prompted men to shape its slopes. steep. The exceptional character of this wine-growing landscape was recognized in 2007 by the inscription […]

Aromas of Oak in Wines – The Aromas of Wood in Wines serie highlights the olfactive molecules that oak gives to wines during aging.   Before being bottled, some wines are aged in barrels. This aging modifies their structure thanks to exchanges between wood and wine. Different aromas develop and vary depending on the origin […]

The art of cooperage has, “for a long time, reached the level of perfection to which it is likely to come. Our ancestors did much of the barrel casing as well as they do today. (W. Maigne, New Complete Cooper and Tonnage Manual, 1875).   While manufacturing techniques have changed only a little since the […]

Bartram oak (Quercus heterophylla) is a tree of the Fagaceae family. It was named in memory of one of the first American botanists, John Bartram (1699-1777) who founded the first botanical garden of the new continent, Kingsessing, near Philadelphia *. A deciduous tree, the Bartram oak can reach 30 meters in height and exceed one […]

Bio-based construction, and in particular wood construction, appears to be one of the main avenues for decarbonizing the construction world.   Indeed, the building sector represents 40% of greenhouse gas emissions in France and Europe. A constructive revolution is called for. The 2021 edition of the “Forum Bois Construction”, located in the Grand Palais Éphémère […]

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 […]