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A New Romanian Generation Takes the Helm Since the 2010s, new vineyard owners, along with Romanian engineers, managers, and winemakers, have been spearheading a revival of the country’s winemaking traditions. This new generation, trained in Italy, France, New Zealand, and Chile, is fluent in English and brimming with determination, taking control of their viticultural destiny. […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

Loire Ornements and its teams made a brief stop in Nièvre. Located in Maine-et-Loire, specifically in Le Coudray-Macouard, the company was founded in 2017 by Charlotte Duplessis and Luc Debourg. It specializes in architectural roof ornaments and roofing, working across France, particularly on classified historical monuments.   They arrived in a group of thirty to […]

The wood reader   He’s one of those people you just want to let speak, to listen. On a short distance of a well-deserved vacation, José Simoes, 66, has spent over thirty years at Maison Charlois. Meet him.   It is a few minutes past 4pm. José has just stacked and sorted his last pieces […]

For a day, they left their Côte-d’Or vineyard to visit Murlin. An opportunity to discover a site, a story and ancestral know-how. A guided visit on the other side of wine.   They braved the fog and crossed Morvan to reach Murlin mid-morning. They are winemakers, customers of Tonnellerie Marsannay, and their estates cover prestigious […]

Time is something you can’t control. You have to deal with it. For cooperage, it’s the same thing. There are crucial steps to follow. A virtuous cycle to select the best stave oaks to supply cooperages.   The oaks harvested from forests are at least 150 to 180 years old. The oaks purchased by wood […]

The Charlois group has many customers all over the world, including Greece. A delegation spent a few days visiting Murlin and the group’s various sites in the Nièvre region.   Three days in France, including two full days in Nièvre to discover cooperage, of course, but also forestry and stave mill trades. The program was […]