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Oak Wine Barrels - Cooperage specifications and pricing; ordering information and printable form; Intermedio, silicone bungs. Oak Add-ins - Wine enhancement / alternative products for barrels and tanks; oak chips, cubes, dominoes, oak chain, barrel inserts, oak powder, blocks; winewood, staves and planks; order form.

• Usage Guidelines - Timelines for flavor extraction and recommended dosages by product.
 
• Oak Add-ins FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - Practical advice on the selection and use of Nadalie oak add-ins.
 
• Testimonials - Statements from wine industry practitioners as to the efficacy of Nadalie oak add-ins.

The Company - Origin of Nadalie USA, its application of French coopering techniques in North America, and its impact on the state of the art in oak wine barrel making. Cooperages - Wine Barrel makers partnering with Nadalie-USA.

• Nadalie USA - A Napa Valley cooperage adapting traditional methods to the crafting of American as well as French oak wine barrels.
 
• Tonnellerie Nadalié - The Nadalie family ancestral cooperage located at Ludon-Medoc, near Bordeaux.
 
• Tonnellerie Marsannay - A Small cooperage in Burgundy specializing in wine barrels for varietals associated with that region, near Dijon.

Sources of Oak - Characteristics, availability and handling of oak from various regions.

• The United States - Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Virginia oak varieties; analysis of American oak properties; Nadalie expertise in the treatment of American oak.
 
• France - The Vosges, Centre, Nevers, Tronçais, Allier, Bertrange and Jupilles forests, and the respective characteristics of oak from these regions.
 
• Eastern Europe - Cost-effective, increasingly accessible, alternative sources of oak in Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Ukraine.

Research - Insight into the science of barrel making: analysis of oak aromas, chemical processes, barrel aging, microbial organisms; evaluation of regional properties of oak; innovative manuufacturing techniques adapted to American oak to enhance and complement wine varietals. Nadalie Worldwide - Listing of Nadalie affiliates and brokers in North and South America, Europe, South Africa, East Asia and Oceania. Contact Us - Send us e-mail to request information or place an order. This website is optimized for browsers that support newer web standards, e.g. CSS, XHTML and DOM, as well as client-side scripting for interactive web functionality and data access. Below is a non-comparative list of minimum recommended browsers with links to obtain recent versions:   Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x       Mozilla Firefox 1.x       Netscape 6.x       Opera 7.x   Safari 1.x

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