Category: The Land and The Vines

Cognac can only be made in a specific region of France. Here we explore the uniqueness of the region known as The Charente. .

First Harvest of New Vine Varieties

The Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC) is the organisation whose role is to promote, protect and develop the Cognac Geographic Indication and its culture.  In September their technical arm, Station Viticole, reported that one of their research programmes hadRead more

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The Land and The Vines Part 2 – The Vines

By the turn of the 19th Century, Ugni Blanc had replaced Folle Blanch and Colombard as the most widely used grape for producing Cognac. Grafted onto a new rootstock it helped the Cognaçaise rebuild their industry after the Phylloxera outbreak.Read more

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The Land and The Vines Part 1 – Terroir

The French have a word, ‘terroir’ which cannot be directly translated into another language but refers to the land, the weather, the climate and just about anything which affects the quality of the vine and the conditions in which itRead more