Quercus Cooperage with Owner John Cox

"When John Cox, owner/operator of Quercus Cooperage in High Falls, realized that nobody in New York was making oak barrels to meet the demands of the growing Hudson Valley craft beverage industry, he decided to make a career switch. Drawing from three decades as a cabinet maker and woodworker, Cox spent the next two years teaching himself how to make barrels by painstakingly reverse engineering the vessels."

We'll talk to John about the process from start to finish as well as the cooperage industry's significance both locally and beyond throughout time.