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Oak Barrel and the Management of Red Grape Wine in Oak Barrel

Zhang Jian-cai

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Oak barrel is the container for red grape wine storage.The complex physical and chemical change during grape wine storage could improve wine quality.There are about 250 kinds of oak in the world and the most popular oak is European oak and American oak.American white oak is the best choice to produce grape wine with mellow aroma and European or Chinese oak is the best choice to produce wine with harmonious and elegant oak aroma,fruit aroma and wine aroma.The management of oak barrel storage includes wine managment,environment management and oak barrel management.(Tran.by YUE Yang)

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Key concepts: Barrel (horology), Wine, Aroma, Aging of wine, White Wine, Aroma of wine, Grape wine, Container (type theory)