A wooden cask for storing and aging wine and other beverages, comprising: a. a top panel, a bottom panel, a front panel, a rear panel and two side panels, each provided with external and internal substantially planar faces and all assembled together so as to define an internal storage volume, wherein the front panel, the rear panel and the two side panels define an upper edge and a lower edge, further the top panel and the bottom panel define a front edge and a rear edge, and the front panel and the rear panel define two side edges, and wherein the top panel is inclined upwards from the rear edge towards the front edge and the bottom panel is inclined downwards from the rear edge towards the front edge; b. at least two associated pairs of vertical beams, each having two ends (9, 10) and forming a buttress against the external faces of the two opposite side panels, wherein each vertical beam is connected to another vertical beam bearing against the external face of an opposite side panel, forming thereby a pair of associated vertical beams; c. at least two compression rods per an associated pair of vertical beams, wherein each end (9, 10) of the vertical beam is connected to another end (9, 10) of the vertical beam of a pair of associated vertical beams by means of one compression rod able to exert a horizontal force tending to bring together the opposite vertical beams of a pair of associated vertical beams and the opposite side panels against which these two vertical beams rest, wherein each end (9, 10) of the vertical beams is pierced by a horizontal through hole and each side panel is pierced by a plurality of horizontal through holes, each horizontal through hole being aligned with the neighbouring horizontal through hole of the vertical beam, wherein the compression rods pass through the neighbouring horizontal through holes (12, 13); and d. at least one fill hole in the top panel near the front edge thereof and at least one drain hole in the front panel near the lower edge thereof; characterised in that the two ends (9, 10) of each vertical beam extend beyond the lower and upper edges of the side panel against which the vertical beam is mounted, wherein the compression rods pass at a distance above the surface of the top panel along the external face thereof or below the bottom panel in the vicinity of the lower edges of the front, rear and/or side panels (3, 4, 5), wherein the joints between the top panel and the front and rear panels (3, 4) and between the bottom panel and front and rear panels (3, 4) are four half-blind sliding half dovetail joints, and wherein the joints between the front panel and the side panels and between the rear panel and the side panels are four chamfered dado joints. a. a top panel, a bottom panel, a front panel, a rear panel and two side panels, each provided with external and internal substantially planar faces and all assembled together so as to define an internal storage volume, wherein the front panel, the rear panel and the two side panels define an upper edge and a lower edge, further the top panel and the bottom panel define a front edge and a rear edge, and the front panel and the rear panel define two side edges, and wherein the top panel is inclined upwards from the rear edge towards the front edge and the bottom panel is inclined downwards from the rear edge towards the front edge; b. at least two associated pairs of vertical beams, each having two ends (9, 10) and forming a buttress against the external faces of the two opposite side panels, wherein each vertical beam is connected to another vertical beam bearing against the external face of an opposite side panel, forming thereby a pair of associated vertical beams; c. at least two compression rods per an associated pair of vertical beams, wherein each end (9, 10) of the vertical beam is connected to another end (9, 10) of the vertical beam of a pair of associated vertical beams by means of one compression rod able to exert a horizontal force tending to bring together the opposite vertical beams of a pair of associated vertical beams and the opposite side panels against which these two vertical beams rest, wherein each end (9, 10) of the vertical beams is pierced by a horizontal through hole and each side panel is pierced by a plurality of horizontal through holes, each horizontal through hole being aligned with the neighbouring horizontal through hole of the vertical beam, wherein the compression rods pass through the neighbouring horizontal through holes (12, 13); and d. at least one fill hole in the top panel near the front edge thereof and at least one drain hole in the front panel near the lower edge thereof; characterised in that the two ends (9, 10) of each vertical beam extend beyond the lower and upper edges of the side panel against which the vertical beam is mounted, wherein the compression rods pass at a distance above the surface of the top panel along the external face thereof or below the bottom panel in the vicinity of the lower edges of the front, rear and/or side panels (3, 4, 5), wherein the joints between the top panel and the front and rear panels (3, 4) and between the bottom panel and front and rear panels (3, 4) are four half-blind sliding half dovetail joints, and wherein the joints between the front panel and the side panels and between the rear panel and the side panels are four chamfered dado joints.