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Will the Cognac Vineyards Qualify for UNESCO World Heritage Status ?
It’s funny how a chance remark in the right place at the right time can start a chain of events that might well prove to be rather momentous. Because that’s what happened when the Mayor of Bouteville, in the region of Grande Champagne, mentioned how often the vineyards in the area were photographed. His remark…
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Cognac-Expert reaches 100.000 visitors per Month
Less than two years ago, we, brother and sister, Max and Sophie, started a blog about a world famous product from Charente, France: Cognac. In the beginning, we were just reporting about the basic things relating to cognac, like cognac estates, the latest cognac cocktail or the different techniques in cognac production. After a couple…
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Cognac loses out in the New French Tax on Alcohol
French parliament saw some stormy exchanges over the new rising tax on various alcohols. And cognac comes out a loser, as does any alcohol that’s over 18 per cent proof. Catherine Quéré, socialist MP for the Charente Maritime was very vocal in defence of cognac and the tax rises. She said that cognac is already…
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Secret Treasures in Jarnac
At the home of Cognac Antoine-Ernest Dor in Jarnac, one finds some of the oldest eaux-de-vie in the whole of the Charente region. Jacques Rivière, who has been the key keeper to the A.E. Dor cellars since 1981, is the guardian of some rare and treasured bottles of cognac. There are not many people who…
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Extreme Heat Grills Cognac Grapes
We just received some impressive pictures from the Guy Pinard vineyard where the very high temperatures (more than 35°C) of yesterday and today literally grilled grapes! This kind of temperatures (a 52 year record, almost 40° C) are not unusual in Charente. But it is at the stage of the vine fruit development and one…
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Continuing Drought is affecting the Vines
The continued lack of rainfall is beginning to have an effect on the vines in nearly every region of France. In the Charentes the vines are growing, albeit slowly. Luckily the flowering went well but the vines are not their usual bright green colour that one would expect at this time of year. The quality…
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