"Anders Tørneskog" > wrote in news:48db93f9$0
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> So if a winery is Riesling only, and uses fuders, do they always buy
> used barrels? My assumption was that occasionally there was a new
> fuder, but the size (and probably lack of heavy charring) meant
> minimal oak transfer.

Many wineries in the Mosel only purchased fuders when there was such an
event as a marriage or a birth in the family. Most of them are old and they
get cleaned. But I do not know how.

ms