How about lessons in wine making. WSJLive's Wendy Bounds learns the step by step task of making a barrel of wine at the city Winery in New York. What do you get for someone who has everything?
Making bourbon generally ... its wooden container. Although wine continues aging after it's bottled, whiskeys do not get any "older" once they have gone from barrel to bottle.
But not just any barrel — a foudre. A foudre is a massive wooden vat that impacts and preserves the overall taste of the wine. Making a foudre starts with French oak, a tightly grained wood that ...