In my “I’ve just ordered my first oak barrel” thread, Rich expressed an interest and mentioned a group buy. I’ve been involved with group buys on other forums and it is a good way to negotiate a bulk discount on something that can be quite an expensive purchase.
I have spoken to the barrel maker I’ve ordered my barrel from and it would be possible to get some discount on his Oak Barrels for a bulk buy. The discount would be 20% (basically he will not charge the VAT) which is quite a good saving on what appears to be a fairly good price already but, and it is quite a big but, we need to raise an order for 20 barrels!
He will make any size and toast to your requirements. They would be made from old French Oak wine barrels that he strips down and uses the wood to make a smaller size barrel.
A 20 litre barrel after discount is £140
A 45 litre barrel after discount is £160
In North America a large number of home winemakers use barrels for small quantity wine making of both fresh/frozen grapes and kits. There are a number of threads on the Winepress forum regarding barrel use and benefits, some people have said that it can even reduce or eliminate kit taste, but all comments point to the improved quality of barrel aged wine.
I hope you don’t mind me quoting you Steve (NorthernWiner), I recently asked if oak barrels really made a difference and his reply was “If I didn't believe they made a difference, I wouldn't have bought a half dozen. Glass is much less expensive. I have had the same wine aged in both barrels and glass. The glass aged wine tends to be harsher and contains quite a bit of dissolved CO2 gas, even after aging for a year. By contrast, barrel aged wine is softer, has a more "round" mouthfeel, and is less acidic. Or at least that's my perception.”
It was that sort of comment by a well respected winemaker that convinced me that getting a barrel is the next step in improving the quality of my wine.
At this stage I’m looking for people to express an interest in buying a barrel or two to see if we can make this happen. You are not committing yourself to buying anything yet. Once we get enough people on board and we can place an order I will then be asking people to commit. It will still be about 8 weeks from that point for the barrels to be made so plenty of time to save up/convince SWMBO/arrange divorce etc.
If you have any questions post them on here and I will see if I can get them answered for you or if you already have barrels, feel free to contribute answers and information.
If you are interested, cut and paste the list below into your reply to the thread and add your forum name and size of barrel you are interested in.
1. robwrx 20 litre
2.
I have spoken to the barrel maker I’ve ordered my barrel from and it would be possible to get some discount on his Oak Barrels for a bulk buy. The discount would be 20% (basically he will not charge the VAT) which is quite a good saving on what appears to be a fairly good price already but, and it is quite a big but, we need to raise an order for 20 barrels!
He will make any size and toast to your requirements. They would be made from old French Oak wine barrels that he strips down and uses the wood to make a smaller size barrel.
A 20 litre barrel after discount is £140
A 45 litre barrel after discount is £160
In North America a large number of home winemakers use barrels for small quantity wine making of both fresh/frozen grapes and kits. There are a number of threads on the Winepress forum regarding barrel use and benefits, some people have said that it can even reduce or eliminate kit taste, but all comments point to the improved quality of barrel aged wine.
I hope you don’t mind me quoting you Steve (NorthernWiner), I recently asked if oak barrels really made a difference and his reply was “If I didn't believe they made a difference, I wouldn't have bought a half dozen. Glass is much less expensive. I have had the same wine aged in both barrels and glass. The glass aged wine tends to be harsher and contains quite a bit of dissolved CO2 gas, even after aging for a year. By contrast, barrel aged wine is softer, has a more "round" mouthfeel, and is less acidic. Or at least that's my perception.”
It was that sort of comment by a well respected winemaker that convinced me that getting a barrel is the next step in improving the quality of my wine.
At this stage I’m looking for people to express an interest in buying a barrel or two to see if we can make this happen. You are not committing yourself to buying anything yet. Once we get enough people on board and we can place an order I will then be asking people to commit. It will still be about 8 weeks from that point for the barrels to be made so plenty of time to save up/convince SWMBO/arrange divorce etc.
If you have any questions post them on here and I will see if I can get them answered for you or if you already have barrels, feel free to contribute answers and information.
If you are interested, cut and paste the list below into your reply to the thread and add your forum name and size of barrel you are interested in.
1. robwrx 20 litre
2.
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