The Guitar Barrel Project -- a story of six guitar makers and the Marques the Pombal's wine barrels!...
On his search for quality Mahogany wood for his guitars Portugese luthier Adriano Sergio discovered a pile of it in the back of a warehouse. It turned out that the wood came from old wine barrels, stored in a disassembled state, dusty and still caked with the essence of the wine they had contained. But a few strokes with the hand planer revealed the rich hue of Mahogany beneath the grime - ripe for guitar making. Adriano told his friend and colleague Ulrich Teuffel about this discovery and the opportunity to purchase this wood...
Researching the history of the barrels Adriano discovered that they had belonged to the estate of the Marquês de Pombal, a significant figure in the history of Lisbon.