The innerstave products

Wines & Vines, July, 2003

Innerstave's array of oak products is designed to provide for every oak need in each phase of winemaking.

Barrel Innerstave was the original Innerstave product and works well in barrel intensive wineries. It allows for renewing the oak flavors in depleted barrels from 112 liters to 500 liters. Use it anytime.

Tank Innerstave can be manufactured to fit any tank from 250 gallons to 250,000 gallons. The wine-to-wood ratio of the Tank Innerstave is easily modified so the exact amount of oak desired is extracted into each tankful of wine. The use of stainless steel, jacketed tanks with Innerstave allows for finite temperature control and the use of micro-oxygenation systems to make the tanks act more like wine barrels. Great for white wine fermentation and tong-term storage/aging of reds and whites.

OakPLUS chips were the first oak chips specifically toasted for use in wines. They are still the benchmark for any other chip product. OakPLUS can be obtained in three distinct particle sizes to fit all processing requirements. OakPLUS is available in French and American oaks and in multiple toast levels. We see OakPLUS being used in all phases of winemaking from fermentation to aging.

chain-o-oak is a 'through the bung' system designed by Innerstave to benefit those winemakers who are too far away from our office to easily obtain Barrel Innerstave, or for the winemaker who doesn't require excess oak flavor. Each chain-o-oak imparts 1/3 of the amount of oak of a new Barrel Innerstave. This system is winemaker installed and is made from the same oak as Barrel Innerstave. It is used almost exclusively in barrel-aging programs.

bag of blocks is intended for the winery that wants barrel-like flavor in their stainless steel tanks, but may not have the room or inclination to use barrels. The 201b mesh bags contain 4 barrels worth of oak surface area from oak pieces we have prepared exclusively for this product. Use it in post fermentation wines to enhance the oak flavors. This is another good micro-oxygenation friendly product. Use one bag per 1000 gallons.

Innerstave products will enhance the sweetness and butterscotch, vanilla and coconut aromas and flavors of your wines. Tests show that Innerstave products taste toasty without char characters and have enhanced, but moderate spice flavors.

We are experts in oak flavors and our products are essential to the spice rack of every winery.

Let us help you shape the tastes of your wine.

24200 Arnold Drive

Sonoma, California 95476

telephone: 707.996.8781

fax: 707.996.1157

e-mail: bob@innerstave.com

www.innerstave.com