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Optimal valuation of raw material
Oak for oenology
In order to value raw material and in response to oenological practices*, we develop different ranges of oak products for oenology. Those products, made from stave quality oak not selected for barrels because of minor defects (wood fiber cut…), are a good organoleptic solution for ageing the wines intended to be consumed younger than wines […]
August 3, 2020 > Read more
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HACCP – The management of food safety related risks in our products
Since our oak barrels are in contact with a food product (wines or spirits) during ageing, they are subject to food standards controls in the same way as their contents. This is also true for our staves and alternative oak products. We therefore put in place an HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) based […]
October 22, 2019 > Read more
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Oak tiles
An ancestral roofing material resolutely turned towards the future and sustainable development Always concerned with the optimization of using oak raw material as much as possible, the Charlois group values staves that are too short for the cooperage into oak tiles* for roofing buildings. Formerly used in countries where there was a lot […]
September 6, 2019 > Read more
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The Charlois group recovers 100% of its oak raw material
The Charlois group is the first forestry company by volume of French oaks (nearly 10% of the total volume of French oaks marketed each year) and the undisputed leader on the French staves market. Due to particularly selective quality criteria for the manufacture of staves, only half of the volume purchased is used in stave-mills. […]
July 26, 2019 > Read more
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Charlois Group and the Origine France Garantie certification
For many years, Charlois Group has been committed to a constant approach based on traceability. Accordingly, Charlois Group has obtained the certification ORIGINE FRANCE GARANTIE since December 2013 for its stave mills, its cooperages, its oak products for oenology and its oak tank workshop. The Origine France Garantie certification was created in June 2010, […]
June 21, 2019 > Read more
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Charlois pour l’Art et la Forêt
More than three centuries of activities and local traditions have definitively rooted Groupe Charlois in Murlin, in the heart of the Bertranges forest. This loyalty and this territorial attachment naturally lead the firm to develop several major cultural projects in the village of Murlin. The fund Charlois pour l’Art et la Forêt (Charlois for […]
May 16, 2019 > Read more
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Groupe Charlois and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
Since 2004, Groupe Charlois has been involved in the sustainable forest management programme (PEFC) and Bureau Veritas Certification certified each year the compliance with PEFC standards. What is PEFC certification? PEFC is an international NGO. Forest certification is a voluntary, market-based instrument, implemented through two separate but linked processes: sustainable forest management certification and […]
March 7, 2019 > Read morereforestation program
