Big, round, wooden -- wine barrels might seem simple, but in truth they are a crucial winemaking element for many of the Northwest's most prized wines.

Stefano Capaccioli and wife Camilla Pistilli create furniture and home decor from used wine barrels for their Oregon House business Stil Novo Design.

Napa Valley residents are used to seeing wooden wine barrels: in wine caves, stacked outside warehouses and even cut in half and filled with flowers on neighborhood lawns. Barrels are ...

The owner of Jubilee Flooring recently received a patent on a method that turns the inside of used wine barrels into high-end, rich-colored flooring.