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Crafting wooden casks is an ancient art form that requires traditional
Having acquired its own cooperage, Napa’s Silver Oak has been quietly and scrupulously revolutionising the use of American oak in winemaking
Why do winemakers put wine in barrels? It ...
After years of campaigning, American single malt is now an official category of US whiskey – and it’s proving how important provenance is in modern whiskey-making
Today, clogs are mainly associated with the north of England, but this hard-wearing, affordable footwear was common across Britain from Victorian times right through World War Two. With a shaped woode
SOME mornings I sit and marvel at the ...
Straw marquetry, also known as straw work, has mysterious origins. It was potentially first practised by European religious communities in the 1600s, or its roots may go back to ancient Far Eastern de
