Barrels

Question 1

What is the volume of a barrique?

Answer 1

225L

Question 2

What is the volume of a piece?

Answer 2

228L

Question 3

What is the volume of a gönc?

Answer 3

136L

Question 4

What is the name of the traditional amphorae in Georgia? Volume?

Answer 4

qvevri

2-4,000L

Question 5

What is the name of the amphorae used in Puglia? What volume does it hold?

Answer 5

Capasoni

220L

Question 6

What are small clay amphorae called in Spain? What are the volumes?

Answer 6

Tinajas

between 400-600L

Question 7

What are the two most common materials used to produce amphorae in Italy?

Answer 7

Terracotta and cocciopesto, a mix of crushed brick, sand, and cement

Question 8

Black Locust and Robina pseudoacacia are names for what kind of wood?

Answer 8

Acacia

Question 9

What does cherry wood accentuate in wines aged in it? What is the biggest knock on it?

Answer 9

Accentuates fruit

The drawback is that it causes swifter oxidative aging

Question 10

What is the benefit of using acacia wood?

Answer 10

Has similar porosity to oak but doesn’t impart woody flavors

Question 11

Botti are made from what kind of oak? In what country is this located?

Answer 11

Slavonian located in Croatia

Question 12

What is the benefit of using concrete egg over wood for aging?

Answer 12

Allows micro oxygenation like wood, but harbors less bacteria than wood and doesn’t impart woody tannins and flavors

Question 13

What is the volume of an American Hogshead? Where is this traditionally used?

Answer 13

300L

Barossa Valley for aging Shiraz

Question 14

What is the volume of a German Fuder?

Answer 14

1000L

Question 15

What is the volume of a Tonneau in Bordeaux?

Answer 15

900L (no longer used)

Question 16

What is the size of a Feuilette in Chablis vs the Côte d’Or?

Answer 16

Chablis (132L)

Côte d’Or (114L)

Question 17

What are three different oak barrels used in Burgundy and their volumes?

Answer 17

Quadrant (57L)
Feuilette (114L in Côte d’Or and 132L in Chablis)
Pièce (228L)

Question 18

What is the volume of a barrique in Cognac?

Answer 18

350L

Question 19

What is the size of a Pièce in Armagnac?

Answer 19

400-420L

Question 20

What is the volume of a Demi-Muid in the Souther Rhône Valley?

Answer 20

600L

Question 21

What is the volume of a Stück? Where is this used?

Answer 21

1200L

Used in the Rheingau

Question 22

What is the size of a Butt in Jerez?

Answer 22

600-650L

Question 23

What is a Bota Chica?

Answer 23

500L barrel used for shipping Jerez wine

Question 24

What is the range of sizes of a Pipe used in Douro/Porto Production? Shipping?

Answer 24

550-600L for production

534.24L for shipping

Question 25

What is the size of a Marsala Pipe used for shipping?

Answer 25

423L

Question 26

What is the size of a Madeira Pipe for shipping?

Answer 26

418L

Question 27

What volume does a Caratelli hold? What is it used for?

Answer 27

50-225L

used for Vin Santo production

Question 28

What is the volume of an American Oak Whiskey Barrel?

Answer 28

190L

Question 29

What is the size of an Australian Puncheon?

Answer 29

450-500L

Question 30

What is the name of the world’s largest barrel? Where is it and how much volume does it hold?

Answer 30

Heidelberg Tun in Germany’s Heidelberg Castle.

Built from 130 oak trees and contains 220,000 gallons

Question 31

What range of volume sizes are foudre made in?

Answer 31

2-12,000L in size