By The Barrel is your source for quality wine barrels, rain barrels, planters, and other unique wine barrel products​



By The Barrel is a family owned company based in Minnesota that specializes in finding unique uses for recycled wine barrels.

Our barrels come from vineyards in Napa Valley, California where they were once used to create some of the same wines you will see in your local wine shop. Wine barrels are known for their amazing construction and use of the highest quality French and American Oak. 

Our barrels are no different. In addition to being beautiful, they are also sure to last a lifetime. Don't be fooled by the lower quality whiskey barrels and other wine barrels for sale in the area. We use only premium barrels, which means that you could still use them to ferment another batch of wine or beer. We encourage you to shop around because we know you'd come back to us. The quality of our products is just that irresistable!

Office Hours: 
See "where to buy" page
Minneapolis, MN 55412 
For Customer Assistance:
Phone: (651) 245-1366
e-mail:  bythebarrel@gmail.com
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Our family in Minneapolis, MN surrounded by our premium wine barrels
Owning a wine barrel is like owning a piece of history. Each barrel is unique with it's own coloring and character. Please feel free to browse our site for more information on our great product and the unique uses we've found for discarded barrels. We encourage you to be creative. Purchase one of our barrels and bring your ideas to life!
Check out our new 1/4 barrel planters!

Some of our products include:

  • Wine Barrels
  • Rain Barrels
  • Compost Tumblers
  • Planters
  • Wine Racks
  • Lazy Susan's
  • Candle Holders
  • Coat Racks

Please contact us for wholesale opportunities. 

We also rent our barrels for special events!


Our lovely family hard at work!
Spring is here... and so are our open hours: We know the appointments can be a pain, so now that Spring is on its way we will be holding hopen hours on most Saturday mornings through the month of May and Tuesday evenings through the entire summer. That being said, we do like some time off to, so we will keep the list on our "where to buy" page up-to-date on days we will be closed.

News: In keeping with our committment to support our local community we have partnered with Metro Blooms and Project for Pride in Living to install a storm-water management system at an affordable housing apartment building in North Minneapolis. Please click on the link below to view the press release.


Unloading one last wine barrel in Austin, MN
Beautiful used recycled wine barrels
A ful load of wine barrels, rain barrels, and planters
Close-up of future rain barrels
Wisconsin Homebrewer
Television Debut!

Our barrels were featured in the recent Bath Crashers Episode on the DIY network!

A special thanks to our partners at Rainy Day Barrel Co.! It is really their television debut, we are just on the sidelines. 

The whole episode is cool, but you can fast-forward to the end (last minute and a half) to see their unique use for our barrels.

Really gets the creative juices flowing!