Patent ID: 11866680
Assignee: ARIEL SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS LTD.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. System for maturation of wine comprising a tank, wine and at least one wooden barrel and flow connectors to allow circulation of maturing wine between said tank and said at least one barrel, wherein said wooden barrel comprises:
a barrel inlet;
a barrel outlet;
internal wooden surfaces, said internal wooden surfaces located to obstruct flow between said barrel inlet and said barrel outlet, said internal wooden surfaces forming a succession of respectively closed-off compartments;
openings in said internal wooden surfaces located between said respectively closed-off compartments, said openings being located at alternating ends of succeeding compartments respectively, thereby to define a zig-zag flow path, for the wine, from the barrel inlet, through lengths of said succeeding compartments respectively and to the barrel outlet, the flow path to limit said circulation of said maturing wine to pass through said each of said compartments and back to said tank.