A Day in the Cooperage

In 2018, the McGinnis family celebrated 50 years in the barrel making business. They started in Cuba, Missouri with a small stave mill. In the 1980s they began producing quality wine and whiskey barrels. Today, they sell barrels worldwide from logs purchased within a 100-mile radius of Cuba. August 2017 Funded by McGinnis Wood Products

Artist: Shelly Steiger; Plaque donated by People Bank

McGinnis Wood Products, Inc. is a family owned cooperage and stave mill that provides innovation, quality products, and traditional values of service to each of its customers.

Leroy McGinnis founded McGinnis Wood Products in Cuba, Missouri in 1968, selling white oak staves. Today, he has grown the company into a manufacturer of the finest crafted white oak bourbon barrels in the world. McGinnis Wood Products began building bourbon barrels in 1987 after purchasing barrel-making machinery from Sweeney Cooperage in Vancouver, British Columbia and now has four buildings ranging in size of 8,000 square feet to 22,000 square feet, 8 dry kilns and 150 employees.

McGinnis Wood Products is known worldwide for its quality white oak bourbon barrels. The barrels are prized both domestically and internationally for the unique flavors they give the spirits and whiskies aged in them.

Leroy McGinnis has passed down his knowledge and innovation to two sons and two sons-in-law. Continued perfection in providing the best white oak bourbon barrels on the market is the goal of the McGinnis family. McGinnis is a true family-owned operation, build upon strong, traditional family values, community investment and the value of education. McGinnis supports these values through active community involvement and generous donations to schools in Cuba, Missouri and the surrounding communities.

Through hard work, commitment to excellence, and family values, McGinnis Wood Products delivers quality service and value to their customers. In honor of McGinnis Wood Products 50th Anniversary, the McGinnis family sponsored Viva Cuba’s 13th mural – “A Day in the Cooperage.”