Y' think? Apparently tannin isn't just tannin to an oenophile. Check this
out.

http://www.bouchardcooperages.com/we...st_origin.html

How much is snobbery and how much reality is the question.

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
.com...
In article , "Barry N.
Turner" wrote:
And you've learned why they never make whiskey barrels from Red
Oak...................they leak.

That's only half of the story. Even if red oak didn't leak like a sieve,
the
disagreeable flavor it imparts would still make it completely unsuitable
for
storage of any beverage.