ISO: Mother for Red Wine Vinegar

[JFrillman24]

I am looking for a mother for my red wine vinegar. Who has good recommendations where to purchase one.

[JFrillman24]

Also, looking for cherry wood barrels for aging. Any help would be appreciated.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

I have never made vinegar but there is often a mother in my commercial balsamic vinegar.  No ideas on the barrels.

[jayt90]

You can look for unfiltered, unpasteurized vinegar in a health food store. I have Omega brand apple cider vinegar with "mother" but there are other organics, some in a clear glass bottle.

 

Cherry wood chips safe to use can be found in any large BBQ department or fireplace store. I would call Weber in the Chicago area. The Austrlalian wineries perfected the use of chips in aging wine in SS vats years ago and it is now widely accepted in the wine trade.  There is no reason not to apply chips to vinegar.