A barrel-shaped container that holds wine or other, usually alcoholic, beverages is called a cask. If you visit a winery, you will often see many rows of wooden wine-filled casks lining the caves and cellars of the winery. If you have a large party, you can open a cask of wine.

Barrels have a convex shape and bulge at their center, called bilge. This facilitates rolling a well-built wooden barrel on its side and allows the roller to change directions with little friction, compared to a cylinder. It also helps to distribute stress evenly in the material by making the container more curved.

How much does it cost to make wine in 2019? Private Barrel – the cost to make a barrel of wine is $4000 which equates to $200 a case or $16.67 per bottle. A barrel is equivalent to 20 cases/240 bottles.