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From oak forests to the great wines of the world: in Burgundy, the François Frères workshop transforms wood into exceptional barrels

Lanterns shine on the other side of the glass door. And the ear begins to discern the clubs. At the entrance to the small village of Saint-Romain, about ten kilometers from Beaune, in the Côte-d’Or, a know-how is perpetuated, at the rhythm set by the workers of the Tonnellerie François Frères, by sliding the strapping iron along the staves wooden. Through the hands of these men passes a heritage several hundred years old.

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