European oak barrels give up their subtle flavors to aged Oregon-grown wine. But once the wine is bottled and the barrels are emptied, they are given new form and new life by Adam and Timothy Radtke.

Rustic Barrel even sells crafts made by her 10-year-old nephew in Scottsdale, Ariz., from cholla cactus wood that he collects from the desert. “His dad helps him,” Archambeau added. Displayed in one ...

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In the heart of America's bourbon country, something interesting is happening with those old wooden barrels that once held ...

BURLINGTON, Wis. - If you love to create, sell and more importantly buy hand crafted items and antiques, there’s a shop in Burlington that’s right up your alley. Aaron Maybin is with the owners of ...

On several hundred acres in Hollister, old wine barrels sit in the sun, the wood aging as the vintages they once contained did. “People love the old, rustic look,” says Brian Preetz, founder of Barrel ...

And Gable Erenzo, distiller for Tuthilltown Spirits in Gardner, New York, has heard it all. Among the uses for the distillery’s booze-infused barrels: A local ice cream shop uses Tuthilltown barrels ...

One might consider a wooden barrel the fifth ingredient in beer after water, malt, hops and yeast. Brewers use them to impart additional flavors into the beer. But why barrels — bourbon in particular ...