It is time to buy your oak wine barrels. Whether large or small, we offer quality, North American Oak wine barrels for all stages of wine making.

This is also a good time to consider purchasing a small barrel for pouring and tasting throughout the process of wine making. The main concern about pouring from a larger barrel is oxygenation and therefore compromising the quality of your wines. This is avoided if you pour and taste from a smaller barrel. If the wine stays in the smaller barrel, as you pour and the wine level goes down, oxygen takes up that space. Every time you open the spigot, oxygen enters the barrel. Considering that and the wine’s continued exposure to oak, the taste may change in several days, therefore a small barrel will empty much faster and its taste will not be altered as in a large oak barrel.

We offer a 5 liter wine tasting barrel that has a 5 liter plastic bag with attached spigot. These are excellent for wineries and restaurants for wine tastings and wine pours. The spigot can be pulled off to refill the bag. If the bag is filled with the same wine, it can be reused many times. Wine can be kept in these bags indefinitely. They are airtight and no oxygen gets in as you pour. At this time, we only have the wine tasting barrel in a 5 liter size.

We recommend stainless steel for storing and pouring large quantities of wine. Stainless steel is airtight, not porous like oak and no oxygenation occurs when pouring or tasting from a stainless steel barrel.

Choices are available and decisions must be made so your wines will be quality. Feel free to contact us with any questions regarding wine making, wine storing, pouring your wines and wine barrels.

Happy Harvest and Cheers,

WineDivine