Creative Coopering By Fassbinderei Schon

Now run by third- and fourth-generation family members, the collaboration between tradition and tech places this small, family-run cooperage at the forefront of the wine industry's revolution. Much in the ethos of Louis Latour, the cooperage's house style is focused on supporting the provenance of the fruit, framing it rather than acting as a statement ingredient.

With many of the production steps done by hand, the introduction of a CNC head and stave processor increases their ability to efficiently process staves for a full range of barriques, foudres, and oak tanks. The latest triumph of tradition and technology marries wood and stone into their "hybrid." With a choice of either slate or granite in sizes up to 900 liters, the combination is meant to highlight the fruit character of the wine.