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The Fun Really Begins – Cognac Guide: The Ageing Process
There are no rules to this next step in making Cognac, which is an exception in this over-regulated industry. A chais, or ageing warehouse, as it is known in English, is, basically, a building where the Cognac producer stores the casks and produces the final product. Here comes nature again. The location of the chais…
read full article 0 The Next Important Step – Cognac Guide: The Oak Barrel
When talking about making Cognac, it is very important to understand the interaction between man and nature. One of the best examples of this is at the ageing and blending stages of production. First, however, we need to make a short trip northeast of the town of Cognac, to the thousands of hectares of oak…
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XO is Set to Get Older
Both Cognac and Armagnac are soon to have new limits to earn the label XO on the product. From 2013 for Armagnac and 2018 for Cognac all XO will have to be aged for at least 10 years. And whilst many XOs are already that age or older, this new ruling will firmly place XO…
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Tessendier’s ‘Woody’ Taste is now in Question
One of the unique taste experiences of cognacs from the house of Tessendier is their ‘woody’ tones. But now the chairman and CEO of the house, Ilian and Jerome Tessendier, have found themselves in court over their method of allegedly ‘adding’ this to their eaux-de-vie. Supplying some of the largest cognac houses the two brothers,…
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More Storage Space for Eaux-de-Vie
Oreco, a storage company for nearly 15 per cent of the eaux-de-vie produced in the region of Cognac, is currently increasing its storage space. Already offering its customers storage for 250,000 barrels, Oreco was granted permission by the city council in February to increase its storage capacity to 71,000 m3. Work has now begun at…
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Samuel Adams Utopias is an extra strong beer aged in Cognac barrels!
This is what the world has been waiting for: A beer that comes directly out of a cognac cask. If you want to know more about ageing, please read the related article at the bottom of this article. Samuel Adams Utopias is an extra strong beer, brewed with malts and syrup.. and aged in cognac…
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