How about lessons in wine making. WSJLive's Wendy Bounds learns the step by step task of making a barrel of wine at the city Winery in New York. Trump Wants to End the Education Department.

Wooden barrels are crucial for bourbon, where they serve as not just a container, but also as a key flavoring agent.

Making a barrel by hand is a precise science ... They don't use glue out of fear it could pollute the wine. The oak must have exactly the right amount of moisture. "No more, no less," said ...

But not just any barrel — a foudre. A foudre is a massive wooden vat that impacts and preserves the overall taste of the wine. Making a foudre starts with French oak, a tightly grained wood that ...

It involves using American oak, blackened and heavily charred to make bourbon and whiskey in first use. In second use with wine, the barrels deliver caramel, burnt sugar, dried herbs, coffee ...

Key terms like “whole cluster,” “carbonic maceration,” and “barrel aging” can inform ... s pH and lower its total acidity. It can make a wine feel creamier or more velvety on the ...

Participants in Terra Uma's vinotherapy for PTSD are seen making their own wine and placing their own personal artwork on the barrels. (photo credit: Terra Uma) Israel is the Start-Up Nation ...

A couple who started making furniture out of bourbon barrels ... barrels from a garage sale that would later become a half-barrel wine rack she'd seen on Etsy. The hobby soon became a full-time ...