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Page 6
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Oak Wine Casks
What is the difference between a wine cask and a wine tank? In this area, you are looking at casks which can be
identified by their oval shape and concave fronts. All of these casks were coopered by Jacob Uhlinger and cooper John Davis from native oaks here in the Shenandoad Valley. To
appreciate the difficulty in building these casks, take a look at the rather primitive tools used to cut and shape the sections of the casks. They are located in the display case just to
the left of the exit to the winery.
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Original Winery Cellar
You are now in the oldest part of the museum. Here, in 1856, Adam Uhliner dug this winery into a hill. Notice the
hand hewn oak timber and quarried rock forming the foundation of both the winery and the seven bedroom house above it. Both the timber and the rock were cut and quarried from this
property. The rock walls have been plastered with mud then whitewashed.
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The Tasting Barrels
Thirty years ago, prospective buyers of wine would sample each of the wines from this row of casks. After the
buyer selected one of the wines, the D'Agostini's would fill their jug with the preferred wine.
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