The Spirit of Christmas – The King of all Spirits

Brandy, or perhaps to be more precise, cognac, has become the official tipple of Christmas in most of Europe since the early 19th century. Perhaps it is ...

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Best Cognac in Show – The Spirits Business 2018

What a year!!  Not only have we received an unprecedented number of Gold and Gold Outstanding medals for our Hermitage Cognacs but our latest presentation, ...

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Many Different Types of Brandies

We all know that every cognac is a brandy but not every brandy is a cognac, well most of us do, but what different brandies ...

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Chabot Armagnac Limited Edition Single Cask 1998

Wow, that is an impressive name for an armagnac, but what does it actually mean?  The Chabot vintage, 1998 is the year the grapes used ...

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Calvados – Apple Brandy – The Forgotten Treasure?

Calvados really is the finest example of apple brandy so it is a mystery that it isn’t more popular.  Traditionally rustic, being based on the ...

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The Charente Scene – Autumn 2018

Following the magnificent export results for 2017 -2018, the BNIC agreed a rather high rate of harvest for the production of cognac this year at ...

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Massougnes 1805 – ‘One Of The Rarest And Highest Value Single Cognac Sales In History’

1805 Cognac Massougnes fetches over £200,000 through London fine wine merchant Hedonism Wines Hermitage Cognacs have provided one of the most expensive bottles of cognac ever ...

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Hermitage Cognacs New Office Manager – John Walley

We are very pleased to introduce our new Office Manager, John Walley.  After a full Army career and a spell working in the Far East, ...

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The New Active-ist Consumer Is Here

William Grant & Son’s latest Market Report has identified a change in customer behaviour.  The new ‘Active-ist Consumer’ is described as ‘purposeful, connected and empowered’. ...

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Cognac Exports Continue To Rise

For the fourth consecutive year cognac exports are up, according to recent figures published by the BNIC.  Volume sales were up by 8.2% (205 million ...

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