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https://www.canadiansleepingbarrels.com/
Canadian Sleeping Barrels
BC company is making wine barrel living spaces for 'glamping'.
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https://quintadapacheca.com/pages/quinta-da-pacheca-wine-barrels
Portugal Sleeping Barrels
Quinta da Pacheca estate in Douro, Portugal, where guests at the vineyard can stay in giant wine barrels.
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https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/24430239
Ontario Sleeping Barrels
An Ontario Airbnb built from a gigantic, red cedar wine barrel transformed into a floating bedroom.
A Vancouver Island company is serving the agritourism market in a unique way, building luxurious ‘bunkies’ or sleeping accommodations out of large wine barrels.
One Of A Kind Creative Woodcrafting specializes in creating unique, natural living spaces that co-exist with nature, and has begun building hand-crafted, red cedar ‘sleeping barrels’ for use in resorts, wineries, B&B operations, ‘glamping’ campgrounds, or for extra sleeping space at the family cabin.
If the idea seems a bit outlandish, consider that wine barrel bunkies are becoming a hot new trend in Europe for tourists on wine tours.
Founder Dave Byers says the sleeping barrels “have become extremely popular with wineries in parts of Europe.”
It didn’t take long for Orchard & Vine to find some impressive examples of sleeping barrels, not just in Europe, but in Canada as well.
For example, at the Quinta da Pacheca estate in Douro, Portugal, guests at the vineyard can stay in giant, luxuriously appointed wine barrels. There are 10 barrels, all designed by property owners Paulo Pereira and Maria do Céu Gonçalves.
Quinta da Pacheca is a famous estate winery in Portugal set up for tourism with a variety of accommodation options, but one of the favourite for wine travellers is the opportunity to sleep in a giant wine barrel in the heart of the Douro Valley.
In Ontario’s wine region, a houseboat is listed on Airbnb that is built from a gigantic, red cedar wine barrel transformed into a small floating bedroom. The barrel boasts a panoramic window with views of the surrounding vineyards. In BC, Byers and his team have already built accommodations at a golf resort in Qualicum Beach, a B&B style resort in Pender Harbour, at GPO Charters in Ucluelet, and at the Pacheedaht First Nations campground in Port Renfrew.
There have been no winery customers yet, but Byers says the concept is an economical way to create winery accommodations that people will talk about for the rest of their lives.
“Travel has now changed as we know it, and folks are looking for new and unique adventures closer to home,” Byers says. “These Sleeping Barrels are becoming popular with resorts, campgrounds, and the B&B industry. They are just under the 100 square foot limit, so they require no permits.
“We now also offer financing, which makes it easier to purchase multiple units and get into this type of the hospitality business.”
