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How do you Recycle Cognac Barrels? Turn them into Furniture, of course…
In this day and age of use and throw away, it’s always wonderful to hear of a story that does completely the opposite. And that’s exactly what the business of Jean-Luc Chaillou is all about, because he takes old cognac barrels and crafts them into artisan pieces of furniture. And ex-cooper, Jean-Luc works from his…
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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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Cognac Jean Grosperrin – Unique in so many ways
You might or might not have heard of Cognac Jean Grosperrin – but the house has been around for hundreds of years and certainly is different from most of their competitors. The first thing that’s different is that the house doesn’t actually produce cognac directly. No blending, added sugar or added colour Instead, they buy…
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