The most sought after benefits of using oak barrels are touted to be:

1) Oxidation

2) Imparting Oak Profile Notes

A question for many winemakers looking to find more affordable solutions for their business is "Are those process benefits able to be genuinely recreated?"

The answer is yes... with the Flextanks & FlexStaves system of winemaking.

For nearly 20 years, winemakers in the United States and Europe have used Flextanks to make world class wines. Flextanks have many uses in a winery, including the maturation of wines, because they breath like a barrel- providing precise and consistent linear micro-oxygenation to your wines. The Flextank system cooperatively with our proprietary FlexStaves line, sourced from a world-class cooperage to age both red and white wines, can accurately replicate the results of barrel maturation and aging.

Scientific technologies are playing a bigger and bigger role in modern wineries, and Flextanks have long been replacing traditional wood oak barrels with a revolutionary breathable polymer that is scientifically engineered to achieve Oxygen Transfer Rates similar to your choice of either a 2-year or neutral barrel, as validated by independent scientific studies and trials. Unlike a barrel, however, the molecules you want to retain- like ethanol and water- do not escape the Flextank wall, which means these tanks do not lose angel’s share as with barrels…which means less topping is needed.

Not only do Flextanks breath like a barrel, they are also unbelievably simple to clean- reducing water and labor costs- and are designed in a variety of sizes and profiles to make more efficient space use in any cellar. Flextanks are built here in the United States and come with a free lifetime warranty.

To learn more about how you can modernize your winery and lower your barreling costs, simply go to Flextank.com and discover more about how the Flextank system with FlexStaves is today’s new way to make award winning wines.