One property of steeped wine oak is the effect light has on its aged, tight grained oak surface. The barrelhead seems to take on a unique color depending upon the type of light and the background in the room which it is displayed. This is what makes barrel oak so special. The heads are dismantled and then realigned with double ended nails or wooden dowels), squared up, glued up, lightly sanded and finished, to grace your kitchen, dining or tasting room wall. Heads are twenty-two or so inches in diameter. Black Roman numerals are at three, six, nine and twelve o'clock. Quartz movement requires C battery, lasting up to three times longer than a AA battery quartz movement.
The Celts of the Iron Age are credited with the creation of wooden barrels for transport of goods, but the French made them famous for aging wine. We use recycled steeped wine barrels and no trees are destroyed in the process, a truely green product.