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  1. Umm… I’m sorry to have to tell you: there’s a massive error here “the biggest oak barrel in the world. 10 metres high it contains 420,500 litres.”
    I’m not sure where this figure comes from because the barrel contains 1,000,200 litres! (I’ve lived next to Thuir for 25 years, and know this figure by heart! But I’ve also just checked it on the Caves Byrrh website).

    1. Hello Laird. Copied directly off their website at the time. Now says “Cette cuve d’une capacité de 1 000 200 litres détient le record du monde. Elle a été mise en vin en 1951et il aura fallu prés de 15 ans pour la construire.” so they must have put a few more litre in. Thanks for pointing it out.

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