Klaus Petermann is a cooper; he's a tradesman with over 40 years experience in the art of handcrafting and maintaining wine barrels for both professional and home-based winemakers.

Wherever fine wine is made, you'll find wine barrels; and wherever you find wine barrels, you're bound to find a cooper. Klaus lives in St. Catharines, a growing city in the heart of Niagara: the noted wine-producing region in Canada. He is greatly respected by local winemakers both for his fine skill as a cooper and as a winemaker in his own right.

On the following Pages you'll learn more about Klaus, his trade, and of his specialty: the reconditioning of wine barrels - a process that extends the life of the barrel and affords winemakers great cost savings.