Cognac giant Hennessy now also tries to conquer the European market : Hennessy Black (read our article) is supposed to be positioned in Germany as a mixable nightlife drink. Like they did in the US. Is this the beginning of a European cognac-mixdrink success story?
Hennessy claims that Black became the number …

Cognac Brothers Blend is the new product from the house of Merlet. Apparently the future range includes a VS, VSOP and a XO quality.
Somehow Merlet goes back to the roots. Since 1850 the family distillery produces cognac, and concentrated on selling the eaux-de-vie to the bigger houses (like Hennessy, Martell …

Is this what Rémy Martin wants? A rapper that came out of prison, saying he has changed and now gets arrested again?
As TMZ.com reports, Rémy Martin’s global creative brand spokesman T.I. (we reported, see our article) was arrested for possession of controlled substances.
T.I. (Clifford Harris Jr.) and his wife Tameka …

Pernod Ricard, the owner of Martell cognac, has lots of other products in their portfolio. But the high-end luxury liquor business is tough at the moment, at least in the establised markets US and Western Europe.
Pernod has a problem in western Europe because sales decline here (and in the US), …

The BNIC has announced on August 30th 2010 the  status on the cognac grapes! To put it with the words of one of our readers: “Grow, Henny, Grow.”
It’s hot, hot, hot in Charente: last thursday there was a heat wave at 36°C  at certain sites – and no real rain, …

+++ UPDATE +++ : Wow, they sent us a list. Even when we are not entirely sure what they want.. See at the bottom of the page.
+++ UPDATE +++ : response from our Vietnamese friends +++ On monday we received a rather interesting message from an import & export company …

The legal drinking age in a lot of countries is 18, but in the US it’s at 21 years.
Why are we thinking about this topic at Cognac Expert?
Because Cognac in the US is targeted to a much younger, urban group of people than in other countries. Just look at the …

Was about time. Finally cognac house Martell makes some noise. While Hennessy, Courvoisier and Rémy Martin have been rolling out several events, spokesman activities and product launches – Martell behaved like a rather shy communicator.
Win Start Up Space competition
Now Cognac Martell decided to do something rather new: A competition …

An interview with the cellar master of ABK6 (Abecassis, ABK6′s website), presenting the range of three cognac blends. It’s a new brand, coming from a single estate Domaine close to Blanzac, Charente.
“ABK6 is the most awarded Cognac on the market”
ABK6 is one of three brands of the Abecassis family: Le …

And now Canada! There will be just 50 bottles of L’Essence de Courvoisier available in Canada, with quite a nice price: $3,200 the bottle.
The L’Essence de Courvoisier is a blend of over 100 eaux-de-vie, coming from the Grande Champagne and Borderies growing area in the Cognac region. This cognac uses eaux-de-vie that …

We in Cognac country love everything that’s been in an oak barrel!
So the Cognac Ferrand house (that already is in gin business since 3 years and created their Citadelle label) releases a new Gin in october 2010:  It’s Ferrand’s first aged reserve vintage, aged in oak barrels.
Gin-aged-oak-barrel
Limousin oak is the …

First Drinks announced a new Rémy Martin Cœur de Cognac Summer Fruits Limited Edition. And it’s fruity! But a bit late. For us Europeans the sky gets more and more grey..
The whole gift pack includes a 70cl carafe and two silky Riedel snifters. There are only 25 boxes in the …

Cloesup photos are a great thing: here come 14 pictures of a vineyard in Charente, France.
We decided to take these close ups – to really see, very closely. Let’s start with a Cognac XO from Maine Giraud:
Close up of a XO Cognac bottle Maine Giraud
And here you see the wood …

Cognac Expert reported about US rapper Snoop Dogg and his deal with Landy Cognac, that was in July. See our article about it, here.
We also had seen Snoop in cooking shows and ads before, promoting the bottle – but now this collaboration is taken to the next level.
So here is …