2010
The Popularity of Cognac Threatens the Small Producers
As we’ve been reporting over the past year or so, the sales of cognac – especially from the ‘big four’ cognac houses – are continuing to rise. Of course, whilst this is good thing, it also allows a different problem to rear its ugly head, and that is the one of supply and demand. For…
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2011 Cognac Shipments Set a New Year Record
With figures just released for the year’s cognac shipments up until the end of October 2011, eaux-de-vie appears to be defying the global recession with the 12 months from November 2010 breaking a historical record. In that time, 163.4 million bottles of cognac have been shipped. This figure is up 8.5 per cent on the…
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Cognac overtakes Whisk(e)y in China : Chinese Prefer Cognac
All the major cognac players saw double digit growth in sales to the Chinese market in 2010, overtaking whisky for the first time since 2004. A report just out by the IWSR showed that 1.9 million cases of cognac were sold to China last year, an increase of 17.5 per cent. Whisky, on the other…
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Cognac is Truly a Stop on the International Tourist Map
The city of Cognac is, of course, world famous – mainly for the obvious reason of its production of eaux-de-vie. At a recent General Assembly the visitor figures for 2010 were revealed, showing that over 40% of last year’s 22,000 visitors were foreigners. And whilst it’s a well-known fact that the British love to visit…
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Armenian Brandy is on its way to China
At an Armenian-Chinese business forum held in Yerevan (Armenia’s capital city) on Monday 11 April, it appears that the Chinese are very likely to think about importing Armenian brandy, often also referred to as “Armenian Cognac”. Li Changchun of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee’s Political Bureau stated that the Chinese government is…
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Pernod Ricard Continues to Grow its Asian Empire
Pernod Ricard, is aiming to continue their current healthy double digit organic growth in Asia over the long term. To this aim they are opening a new distribution subsidiary in Vietnam in April of this year. The cognac company that belongs to Pernod Ricard is Martell. CEO, Peter Coppere, has said that the group is…
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The French People Return to thei...
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