MOREHEAD, Ky - Barrel manufacturing giant Independent Stave Co. (ISC) will build a $66.5 million cooperage in Northern Kentucky, creating 220 jobs. With both a stave mill and a cooperage in the region ...

SALEM, Mo. — Standing on a wooded hillside in the Ozarks, about 100 miles southwest of St. Louis, Brad Boswell watches a chain-saw-wielding logger make several deft cuts at the base of a 100-foot ...

LAST AUGUST, sweet, toasty aromas reminiscent of burning leaves wafted through the air at the Northwest Wine Academy in South Seattle. While members of the Fidelitas Red Mountain wine club looked on, ...

Fire crackles between the seasoned oak staves, fastened with steel hoops. As the sparks settle, the aromas float through the air — clove, cedar and vanilla. All the nonfruit characteristics you’ve ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - The ancient craft of barrel making is about to experience an evolution. A master cooper in Park Rapids has engineered a reusable, customizable, square-shaped barrel for beer, wine ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Metal, ...

Dark, rich hues of zinfandel, cabernet and merlot stain the light oak, seeping deep into the interior of a wine barrel past its prime. The worn, vintage patina of the vessel’s exterior gives little ...