Jensen Barrels

12/04/2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JNMOgfu2XM

Violin made from a wine barrel

Is it possible to build a violin from a wine barrel? This is the challenge of our documentary "The Soul of a Violin", which brings together a luthier, our oe...

03/23/2017

Dramatic landscape in Valle de Guadalupe with the incoming rain while visiting our clients.

02/22/2017

Follow production of wine barrels from cutting of oak trees in the forest to the final barrel. See the different toasting styles.

01/19/2017

Val de Loire barrels at Saddleback JaM Cellars

01/19/2017

A new Val de Loire barrel is getting filled at Saddleback Cellars in Oakville.

01/19/2017

Some of our barrels at Stuhlmuller Vineyards in Alexander Valley

01/19/2017

We are also in South Africa. Here is one of our barrels at Anura Vineyards.

06/27/2016

Many ways to use staves from an old barrel:

http://firstwefeast.com/drink/2016/06/wine-barrel-skateboards?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly%20First%20We%20Feast%20RSS&utm_content=Weekly%20First%20We%20Feast%20RSS%20CID_336da6c5fc5a9bf7dbb091cdfe950c40&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor%20newsletter&utm_term=Watch%20This%20Guy%20Make%20a%20Skateboard%20Out%20of%20125-Year-Old%20Wood%20From%20Recycled%20Wine%20Barrels

"Whenever I see a wine barrel, I just see cruiser boards."

06/03/2016

We have updated our 6 min video about the how the barrels are made from forest to the final barrel. We are now showing the different styles of toasting of a barrel.
Let us know how you like the video?
https://youtu.be/BsvNLU6hmtY

Follow production of wine barrels from cutting of oak trees in the forest to the final barrel. See the different toasting styles.

02/25/2016

Good article: http://www.inforum.com/variety/3944193-world-wine-oak-barrels-wine-has-long-history-important-purpose

One of my students inquired about how wine came about being made in oak barrels. My immediate answer was, what else could be used, if you were in the Iron Age (800 to 900 B.C.)?