Barrel Chock
notes: label: Description
content: An insecure barrel stack is an unacceptable hazard in a winery. This wooden wedge was one of hundreds used to stabilize stacks of 225 liter (60 gallon) wine barrels that were holding wine for aging at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars (SLWC) in California’s Napa Valley in the mid-1990s. The prosaic but essential chocks, pushed into place along the curves at the bottom of each barrel, kept the formidable stacks of French oak barrels secure and stable. As cellar workers climbed the stacks to top off barrels and monitor the wine, they trusted the chocks to function properly.
topic: label: Subject
content: Wine
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: Food
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0181.17D
label: accession number
content: 1998.0181
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0181.17D
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chock, barrel
label: Other Terms
content: Food Technology; Winemaking
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: handmade (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.1 cm x 24 cm x 7.3 cm; 4 3/4 in x 9 7/16 in x 2 7/8 in