by akdom » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:50 pm
this is the comment of the first picture in the previous post:
Here is an old wine barrel I bought in Provence (France) for 5 Euros.
As you can see it is in pretty bad shape. It’s been stored for years and it is extremely dry (which is what we want anyway).
It is actually so dry that the body of the barrel shrunk and the rings are falling down. On this picture, I already got rid of the top ring (where the skin will be set).