The Magic of Oak

Posted by Robin Ransom on 19 February 2012 | 0 Comments

Wooden containers have been used for storage and transport of wine for over 2500 years. According to Herodotus writing around 450 BC, Armenian merchants shipped wine in hollowed out palm wood casks down the Tigris River to Babylon in the 7^th Century BC. Constructing barrels from staves was a Celtic invention around 350 BC. The Celts in central and western Europe used them for transporting wine and a range of other goods. Julius Caesar noted their use during his campaigns in France in the 50s BC.

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