The Inside Winemaking Podcast With Jim Duane

190: Guillaume Maugeais - Oak Trees, Barrels, and Tanks

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This episode features a conversation with Guillaume Maugeais, a seasoned barrel cooper and winemaker with a diverse background in the global wine industry. Guillaume shares his journey from becoming a copper in Burgundy to exploring winemaking across continents, including his experiences in Cognac, New Zealand, Australia and California. We discuss the role of oak in winemaking, how Guillaume evaluates a cooper’s toasting abilities, barrel sanitation in a winery, caring for empty barrels, and seasoning of barrels including chimney stacking staves, which is unique to the barrels Guillaume represents for Tonnellerie Bernard.  This episode is full of useful information for winemakers to have when thinking about the barrel chioces for their wines.   Winemaking Class Offers and Show Notes for all episodes at https://www.insidewinemaking.com/ Resources from this Episode Tonnellerie Bernard https://charlois.com/en/tonnellerie-bernard/ This episode is sponsored by Harvest Pillar concrete trellis posts.  Want to learn