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As Wine Sales Soften, What Will Happen to the World’s Coopers?

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As Wine Sales Soften, What Will Happen to the World’s Coopers?
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Kristof Flodung was barely an adult when he fell for his craft. He’d wander over to his neighbor’s barrel-making workshop and spend hours under his tutelage, getting lost in the sensations. 



“The smell of oak hit me so hard that I can’t forget it,” Flodung says. “That’s why I’m still here.” Cooperage, the art of transforming a tree into a barrel, had chosen him. 60 years later, he has yet to turn his back on the trade that has given him so much. But the bus

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