Leroy "Buck" Mortorff describes the importance of using virgin oak barrels for Chardonnay wine during a tour Sunday of the Four Springs Winery in Seven Valleys, Pa. The barrels made from Pennsylvania oak are then used to make red wines.
The hardwood comes from old woodlands in the western part of the state. Mortorff said that if the trees that make the barrels are grown on landfill the taste is unpredictable.
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