Coopers

Information regarding coopers can be found under this Yellow Pages® heading.  Coopers in today’s vernacular refer to those who manufacture barrels for use in winemaking. Coopers provide services such as barrel making, barrel repair/reconditioning and cask making. Modern day coopers also provide auxiliary services such as selling oak alternatives for use in the winemaking business.  Coopers can sell any of the following products that you can avail of: wooden staves, oak planks, oak chip, oak cubits, barrel inserts, mini staves, wine bungs, shives, cooper’s hammer, hoop driver, and barrel inserts.

Coopering refers to manufacturing casks. The facility in which casks are made is also referred to as a cooperage or simply a “cooper.” Coopers produce casks such as barriques, hogshead, puncheon, vat, and barrels. In the modern wine market, new materials are being used to supplant oak, such as plastics, stainless steel, pallets, and corrugated cardboard. However, there is still demand for high quality wooden barrels especially from traditional winemakers.

Coopers are known for precision manufacturing of oak barrels for use in wineries around the world. Coopers can also cater to special supplies and construction depending on the individual needs of winemakers. Many specifications such as toasting, dimensions or oak variety used in constructing the barrels can be customised to suit client requirements. Modern coopers are also able to provide a contract re-coopering service to wineries both large and small. Re-coopering refers to recondition used barrels that match the quality of newly coopered products. This is done with third, fourth, and fifth fill barrels in order to minimise purchase of newly coopered containers. Re-coopering solves winemakers’ storage problems in an economical way.