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SMOKIN’ BARREL WORKS
a d d i n g a rt i s a n wa r m t h a n d d es i g n to re c la i m ed wo o d
by Valerie Coulman Crystelle Marie Photography and Andrew Huycke
s Southern Oregon’s wine industry has grown, so have the Medford, a company that specializes in crafting wine barrels and
opportunities for artisans with vision to take the industry’s reclaimed lumber into warm and welcoming features for both indoor
Asense of community and connection in new directions. and outdoor spaces.
For Andrew Huycke a simple sense of wanting to create a place Huycke, a Rogue Valley native, had been working in Southern
where friends and family could gather around to enjoy each other’s California in construction management and found himself wanting
company became the starting point for Smokin’ Barrel Works in something different. Living in Newport, California, Huycke saw
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