Current vintage 2020 / Bordeaux Right Bank
End of September, we hit the road to visit our clients on the right bank of Bordeaux. Usually, they are still harvesting Merlot grapes at this time, but the winemakers are already busy in the cellars, to look at the Cabernet that remains on the vines. Todeschini...
The film
The history of Tonnellerie Baron has been part of the great tradition of French cooperage since 1875.
Light the fire
Simon is one of the youngest coopers on the team. Graduating as a cabinetmaker, trained as a carpenter and luthier, he spends his time in the cooperage shaping the staves, and toasting the barrels, but has also spent time and improved, at the same time, on other...
Training and experience of the coopers
Visiting the Tonnellerie Baron workshop means observing techniques and processes dedicated to the transformation of logs into staves. The know-how with natural precision of the workshop workers makes us wonder about the training and transmission of these artistic...