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The association of wood and wine goes back a very long time. Herodotus recorded the use of wooden barrels as wine containers as early as seventh centuries B.C., and for most of wine’s history, barrels were the containers of choice for storage and transportation. Over time, winemakers began to also value barrels’ ability to change the taste of the wine inside. Oak barrels came to be favored for imbuing wine with tastes ranging from vanilla, spice, coffee, and caramel to cedar, smoke, and leather.

Size Matters

July 2004

One reason people love large-format wine bottles is that they look so impressive on the table or displayed in the cellar. But good looks are merely a happy side effect of these super-sized wines’ real advantage: they allow the wines inside to age more slowly.

A Shared Passion For Winemaking: Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Alumni Reunion

February 2003

Warren Winiarski often says that a wine's quality depends on the three G's: the Ground, the Grapes, and the Guy or Gal who makes them into wine. Thirty of the guys and gals who have worked at Stag's LeapWine Cellars during the past 30 years came together on February 10 for a reunion celebrating the many talented people who have contributed to our winery's history over the years.