William Grant & Son’s Spirit Trends 2020 Report has identified some key trends in the drinks sector.  The report says that there is “an upward ...

Any bottle of cognac that is date-stamped, is referred to as vintage and this bottle from 1960 is no exception.  The grapes were harvested that ...

There is often confusion over cognac bottle sizes. In fairness, there are many different shapes available today which generally hold recognized and approved quantities. But ...

In 1917, SS Kyros set sail for St Petersburg from France.  As it approached Sweden, the cargo ship was sunk by a German submarine UC58.  ...

◊◊ Not only was 2019 a record year with the number of new Hermitage Cognac vintages that we took into stock, the range was also ...

For more than a thousand years cork has been used for sealing wine and spirit bottles. It is a natural product harvested from cork trees ...

To meet the ever growing demand for cognac, an additional 10,000 hectares of vineyards will be planted over the next three years, according to a ...

Fine wine brokers turn to spirits as Trump duty levies bite David Baker, Managing Director at Hermitage Cognacs, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of fine ...

After the festivities of Christmas and New Year’s Eve it is time to look to the year ahead, 2020. We are always on the lookout for ...

A professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, has said that “venues playing their music too loud are at risk of dulling diners’ ...