Ep 515: The Origin Story of Oak Barrels -- (plus how barrles are used, reused, and how sustainable they really are)

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4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Inspired by a question from friend and Patron Amy Payton, this week I cover the history of oak barrels. I go from animal skins in Mesopatamia to modern day barrels, talking about how winemakers decided that oak was the best vessel for wine. I answer her follow up questions too -- How are barrels obtained by winemakers? What happens to them after they are used and are oak barrels sustainable? I learned so much in this show and I thank Amy for the idea.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the Podcasts for People who like Wine for Normal People,
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0:13.2	I'm your host Elizabeth Schneider author of the Wine for Normal People Book and
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0:46.0	So I am solo again this week, but I am planning to have a couple of
0:52.0	listeners on the show to help me out eventually and this
0:58.4	podcast is inspired by my friend and patron Amy Payton who I love she is the best. She's
1:07.4	super smart and she has such great questions and she made the suggestion that we should do a podcast on the history of oak barrels and where the heck they came from and then after we go through this whole lineage in history, which is very cool and I need to thank
1:27.2	Amy because you really let me go down the rabbit hole on this one and for those of you who like
1:32.2	history and dork moments, this is the show for you.
1:36.0	Then she also wanted to know how do winemakers get the wine barrels and what about buying
1:41.6	old barrels versus new barrels and are oak barrels sustainable?
1:45.0	I think that's a big question.
1:47.7	I did actually address that in episode 449 with Craig Home from Radu, which is a barrel maker, really good episode.
1:57.0	But it is an interesting question and I do have an answer for you, Amy, so I just want to give a shout out to all the patrons
2:06.7	remember that if you want old episodes of the podcast and you want to listen to
2:10.2	episode 449 that's a perk of Patreon now so you would go to
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