Wine Country natives are always dreaming up new uses for that ubiquitous bit of winery trash, the wine barrel. * Glenys Johnson of Sebastopol saw a bathroom sink. After purchasing a marble corner sink ...

More than three decades ago, Frank Villas designed a livestock brand, The Rockin V; a clever combination of his initials cradled in a curved rocker rail. He also developed a side business making ...

SWEET HOME — Millions of Americans are celebrating Labor Day by taking today off from their day jobs, but it’s truly a fortunate man who can make a living doing something he loves. Robert Shamek is ...

EUDORA — Eudora resident Andy Wingert wasn't into woodworking when he was growing up, so his talent for making furniture and wine accessories from recycled wine barrels seems surprising even to him.

There was a time, years ago, when used wine and bourbon barrels would be burned because they’d be piling up without a purpose. Don Rodarte is doing his part to find another life for the wooden ...

TOUCHET -- When most people look at an oak barrel, they envision a glass of wine or maybe a planter for flowers. Ian Crawford sees furniture. Crawford, 29, is the owner of Vinoture, a business that ...

Every dream of owning a French Chateau? David Linley furniture and The Antique Wine Company brings you one step closer with his collection of wine cabinets shaped like some of the nicest Chateaux in ...

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Napa Valley’s seismically reinforced winery buildings generally held up to the largest earthquake to hit Northern California in a quarter-century, but the precious wine piled ...