Wood Cooper Course
Master barrel-making skills through the Wood Cooperage Training Course. Delve into oak selection, stave preparation, barrel assembly, precise toasting for flavour enhancement, workshop safety protocols, and quality assurance techniques to produce professional-grade 225-litre wine barrels featuring robust construction and uniform taste profiles consistently.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Wood Cooperage Training Course offers a practical guide to crafting durable 225-litre oak barrels. You will master log selection, stave drying, bending, hooping, final toasting, and medium-toast flavour management. Establish a safe and efficient small-scale workshop, gain insights into oak varieties and wood properties, and implement strict testing, traceability, and record-keeping for superior barrel quality every time.
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Develop skills
- Select barrel wood by evaluating oak types for strength, scent, and taste profiles.
- Prepare and bend staves through milling, jointing, steaming, and forming for leak-proof fits.
- Control medium toasting by adjusting heat patterns for reliable wine maturation results.
- Design 225-litre barrels by dimensioning staves, hoops, and ends accurately.
- Conduct quality checks and leak tests to confirm capacity, watertightness, and barrel tracking.
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