Okay, we made up the name. It isn't a tree you've never heard of.
You can see throughout the site, that Cliff likes to discover and use reclaimed wood. He couldn’t resist when he heard about a Napa winery discarding wine-stained oak. He now regularly reclaims oak staves from California wineries and transforms them into one-of-a-kind pieces for residential and commercial use.
White Oak is used during the fermentation process to impart flavor to wine. This is more mass production, where oak “staves” are put into stainless steel vats, rather than wine being aged in traditional oak barrels. The 1/2 thick staves are stained through and through by the grapes. The Pinot Noir makes for the darkest stain while the Pinot Grigio leaves the lightest. There is no “stain” used here, besides the wine.
It arrives coated with sugars and wine solids. Yes, the shop smells like a winery during the processing, but all but a slight pleasant remnant goes away by the time it’s finished. We use non-toxic adhesives, recycled cores and plant-based finishes.
We now have a colletion of “ready-to-buy” designs that can be made to order in 6-8 weeks.
Or look at the Wine Oak Collection. It's great for your custom designs or unique, hand-crafted, architectural elements.