Editor’s note: This has been updated with additional information. The last story I wrote about wine barrels for sale generated a lot of interest, at least in the number of people who read the story.

Ask 100 people what they would do with used wine barrels and 99 will say they would saw them in half and make planters. Henry Trione had a different answer. One of Sonoma County's most clever ...

San Francisco-based Distillery No. 209’s decision to age gin in used wine barrels wasn’t much of a stretch. After all, the distillery traces its roots to a vineyard. In 1999, Leslie Rudd was surveying ...

Repurposing items, also known as upcycling, has become a hot trend over the past few years. Not only is the process giving something old a new life, it’s keeping usable items out of landfills. From ...

Wine stains on the carpet? That’s a ruined carpet. Wine stains on your hardwood floor? That’s a business opportunity. Joseph Triglia, the owner of West Islip-based Jubilee Flooring, who has been ...

It doesn't hurt, Tonya Baker admitted, that "Minnesota is such a wood-loving state." But the success of Baker and Elena Kotowski's Barrel Depot business goes well beyond an interest in oak furnishings ...

Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland — BEHOLD the eternal Scottish Highlands -- green woods, gray skies, a touch of mist. Glenmorangie Distillery is way out here, 40 miles north of Inverness, overlooking the ...

The last story I wrote about wine barrels for sale generated a lot of interest, at least in the number of people who read the story. It’s a reminder of some of the niche interest in the industry that ...