cooperage
noun
coo·per·age
ˈkü-p(ə-)rij 
ˈku̇-
1
: a cooper's work or products
2
: a cooper's place of business
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Louis Latour, a venerable estate that has been in business since 1797, produces not only wines from 119 acres (48 hectares), but owns a cooperage that produces some 3,000 barrels a year—and has done so for centuries.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
In January, the company laid off around 700 employees and closed a Kentucky cooperage, where wooden barrels are produced to age whiskey and bourbon.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Each of the 2025 Private Reserve single malts started off in a combination of American oak barrels from Kelvin Cooperage (ex-bourbon) and Spanish oak Spanish oak Oloroso Sherry butts from Antonio Páez Lobato cooperage.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Two weeks after the news arrived that Brown-Forman was laying off 12 percent of its global workforce and selling its Louisville cooperage, there is some more bad news to report.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
In January, the company laid off around 700 employees and closed a Kentucky cooperage, where wooden barrels are produced to age whiskey and bourbon.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Each of the 2025 Private Reserve single malts started off in a combination of American oak barrels from Kelvin Cooperage (ex-bourbon) and Spanish oak Spanish oak Oloroso Sherry butts from Antonio Páez Lobato cooperage.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Two weeks after the news arrived that Brown-Forman was laying off 12 percent of its global workforce and selling its Louisville cooperage, there is some more bad news to report.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Cooperage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooperage. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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cooperage
noun
coo·per·age
ˈkü-p(ə-)rij
ˈku̇p-(ə-)rij
1
: a cooper's work or products
2
: a cooper's place of business
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