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Using 25 percent less material by volume diamonds,’ where we take the narrow gave Hogeback 50 wine barrels to use
than other racking systems is another staves and lace them together to create in building the room. It features curved
innovation Hogeback implemented; less diamond shapes. We’ve also created stave corners, barrel-head doors, stave
material in the racking allows for greater designs with a Gothic look, a Pisces shape diamond racking and custom painted
airflow around bottles. He says Savanté’s and many others.” artwork on the wood backing.
proprietary racking design is also the most Hogeback’s team can also laser-engrave “If clients have a particular vineyard
earthquake-proof because it protects the quotes, full illustrations, a family crest and they like, I can source barrels from that
bottle from vibrating forward out of its numbers below each wine bottle “neck vineyard to use in building their racking,”
space or back against the wall. hole” (which makes it easy to keep up he says. “We’ve done that three times.”

DESIGNING ONE-OF-A-KIND SPACES with inventory). (One client even shipped a barrel from a
Hogeback’s wine cellars are intricate, One cellar in in the Stave Oak Collection French winery.)
incorporating details that he hopes will be is the Silver Oak Room, built for a The Savanté website also features
conversation-starters for years to come. member of the family that owns Silver the Sommelier Collection (sommelier
The wine cellars featured in their Oaks Vineyard in California; the client being the French word for wine expert/
Stave Oak Collection incorporate
parts reclaimed from wine barrels to
create aged wine racks; “staves” are
the vertical pieces of wood that make
up a wine barrel.
From the unique shape and form of
the white oak staves, to the steel bands
that hold the barrels together, to the
“cooperage” brand on the wood, Savanté
uses every part of the barrel to create
unique racking systems. The barrels can
also be used for flooring, counter tops
and other artistic details.

“We take the curve of the barrel, and
we incorporate that into the room,
so the racking can have a number of
different shapes,” Hogeback says. “We’ve
also invented something we call ‘stave

“We have a lot of knowl-
edge and skills to teach;

it’s just a matter of find-
ing people who are in-
terested in learning and

who want to pursue this
industry as a career.”

— Darryl Hogeback
Darryl Hogeback

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