The Good & Great Cognac Houses – Hermitage
At the end of our series on the Good and Great Cognac houses, we thought it appropriate to do a bit of chest beating for ...
Hermitage Medal winning Cognacs
The Ladies Drink Cognac too... In a recent disclosure, the drinks firm Beam have claimed that it has taken them 216 years of marketing to realise ...
Record Price paid in Hong Kong for 1858 Cognac
Croizet 1858 sells at Auction for US$156,000 Last month, the highest known price for a bottle of Croizet Vintage 1858 Cognac was paid by a Chinese ...
The Brandy Bottle – Nusbaumer Supreme de Cassis
As a bit of interesting deviation from the cognacs and armagnacs we normally feature here, we thought it might be worthwhile tasting the macerated fruit ...
Did You Know? Grappa
Grappa was originally a peasant drink, designed to provide comfort and strength to the maker - usually a poor peasant in the mountains of northern ...
Did You Know? The Cognac Grapes
Legally the Cognaçais may use a number of grape varieties, although the choice is largely theoretical. The Ugni Blanc or to give it it’s proper ...
The Brandy Bottle – Hermitage 1900 Grande Champagne
Finding a good 1900 these days is becoming a real trial and we have tasted many that are way off the mark in both style ...
A Few Good Armagnac Houses – No 1 Castarède
The firm Castarède is naturally proud of being the oldest business in Armagnac. They were founded in 1832 by Jules Nismes at the suggestion of a ...
Finding New Hermitage Cognacs
Bouteville. Home of Hermitage 1900 Grande Champagne As most of our customers are aware, Hermitage Cognacs come with age statements and it can be difficult sometimes ...
Many new “Passing off”, Cases for the Cognac Industry
Different interpretations of the name Cognac in European countries have lead to a host of challenges for the BNIC lawyers in Cognac. Spirits can only ...
