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The GSMC Yearbook 2023 (Spirits Masters Awards)

GSMC YearbookThe inaugural edition of The GSMC Yearbook highlights the incredible people behind the brands that won Master Medals in 2022’s Global Spirits Masters Competitions.  The Editor, Melita Kiely, explains why these blind-tasting competitions are so important:

“When eye-catching packaging designs and household brand names are removed from the equation, there is nowhere left to hide; the liquid is exposed for what it is – and only those made with the utmost skill and precision are awarded the Master accolade.”

We were of course delighted last year when Hermitage won not one, but four Master Awards for these Single Estate Cognacs:

And as a result, they are all featured in the Yearbook along with an interview with our founder, David Baker.

Well worth a read.

Cognac Sector Must Uphold Rules

Cognac SectorThe Spirits Business’ Melita Kiely recently interviewed our MD, David Baker, about the cognac sector and this is what she had to say:

‘From music and wine to fine French spirits, David Baker has had quite the journey building his Hermitage Cognacs brand. He tells us why interest in Cognac is on the rise, and why the category should stay true to its rules and regulations.’

She discusses the merits of Hermitage Paradis 1885 Grande Champagne Cognac which was distilled in the year when Mark Twain published the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the US, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York on the French ship Isere and Louis Pasteur successfully tested his vaccine against rabies.  And finishes her article off by saying:

For Baker, quality will be the focal point of all of Hermitage Cognacs’ endeavours, and his quest to find and bottle the rarest, most expressive and complex Cognacs will continue. “At our end of the line, what we’re looking at is to find Cognacs that are beyond comparison, Cognacs that are so good people want to buy them for their own private usage, either as an investment or to keep for their families to be passed on for generations to come,” he says. And long may it continue.

You can read the full article here.