In the 19th and 20th centuries, wine was almost exclusively fermented and aged in wood vessels made from oak, acacia, and other woods, which imparts tannin for structure, flavors of cinnamon and ...

The wine is aged in bourbon barrels for three months which, contrary to popular belief, does not make it taste like whiskey. Instead, aging in the barrels imparts warm spices and vanilla notes.

Close your eyes and you might think you’re tasting a bourbon ... by working with barrels,” Paparo said, noting that traditional distillers often blend different barrel-aged whiskeys to ...

Jillian Dara is a freelance journalist covering wine and spirits ... where bourbon barrels age on the bow of a ship. After tasting bourbon that had been aged in such diverse locations, founder ...

an anejo aged in Knob Creek Rye barrels, a repasado aged in Basil Hayden Toast Bourbon barrels, and an anejo aged in barrels that once held Laphroaig peated Scotch (which also sits within the ...

Scotch must be aged for a minimum of three years in oak barrels, while U.S. bourbon is required to contain ... can be difficult. Food & Wine's guide to whiskey helps you discover more about ...

is initially aged in ex-bourbon barrels and then finished in a variety of cask types including rum, sherry, rye, and in-house produced wine and port. According to master blender Murphy Quint (the ...

Denver distillery Locke + Co. has been making whiskey since 2016, and the bourbon and rye that it produces is aged in new charred oak barrels before having aspen wood discs submerged into the ...