Oak Extraction System

The Oakbak oak extraction system is the recovery of unexploited heartwood oak from within the staves of a decommissioned barrel. Reclaim and re-use your expired oak barrels to extract virgin heartwood oak planks for a fraction of the cost.

  • Elite heartwood oak
  • Replicate the profiles of your barrels
  • Cost effective
  • Sustainable and environmentally friendly

 

Controlled Toasting Process

The Firvin infrared toasting process is the manipulation of oak flavour outcomes through the controlled thermal degradation of oakwood. You control the toasting process to ensure the wine flavours and charactistics
are to your specification
.

  • Toasted to specification
  • Controllable and repeatable
  • No combustion products used
  • Freshness of toast




Ausvat has been part of the Australian Wine Industry since 1995. The company is well known nationally and internationally for its innovative wine maturation tools and solutions. Ausvat’s core philosophy has remained the same over time: ‘the efficient and cost effective use of finite resources for the betterment of the user, the industry and the environment’. This core philosophy, supported by 25 years of research and development, is the foundation on which all Ausvat’s products are developed.

Ausvat now has a stable of products supported by four core technologies - Stakvat™, Oakbak™, Firvin™ and (Exfrost™), which are best described as technologically advanced alternatives to their conventional practices. If you would like to know more about these groundbreaking technologies and the decades of research and development that led to their creation, please contact us.

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