Changes to the Cognac Appellation?

For years the BNIC has strictly regulated every aspect of cognac production but now the wind of change maybe starting to blow.  Recently we have ...

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Enjoying Pineau des Charentes This Summer

Pineau des Charentes is a combination of freshly pressed grape juice and cognac. It comes in two colours, white and red (sometimes known as rosé) ...

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Ageing Larsen Cognac At Sea

Another company seeking to recreate a cognac from a past era (see The Bottle Story) is Larsen.  A barrel of their 40 year old Cognac ...

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New Look Website – Brandyclassics

At Brandyclassics our philosophy has always been to provide as much support and guidance to our customers as possible.  After months of planning we have ...

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Brandy Bottle Valuation

We often have requests to do a Brandy Bottle Valuation and whilst sometimes a bottle can have a high value, most brandy valuations will disappoint ...

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Father’s Day Gifts – So Many To Choose From …

We have a fantastic range of cognacs, armagnacs and calvados, any one of which would make the perfect present this Father’s Day.  Vintages from 1930 ...

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Cognac Masters Medals 2018 – Master and Gold

We are delighted to announce that three of our Hermitage Cognacs range were awarded medals at the recent Spirits Business Cognac Masters Competition.  Almost 40% ...

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Hermitage Cognac Quality Control

There are many producers of cognac in the legal production area of France known as The Charentes and Charentes Maritime. Each one of them, quite ...

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Why is the French ‘Paradis’ so special?

Not every cognac house has a Paradis – a designated area in the innermost recess of their cellar – but those that exist are steeped ...

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USA Shipping of Cognac, Armagnac and Calvados

Due to the alcohol laws in America, the States that we can ship our brandies to have recently changed.   USA Shipping is ALLOWABLE to the following ...

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