It’s the thing you always wanted to do: Buy a wineyard in France. The dream of owning you own little wine production. And as Cognac is made from grapes – of course you would acquire your vineyard in Charente. But, “attention”: it is a very specialized investment.
young vineyard in Cognac
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Here come another 15 great recipes with Cognac. We probably put together (with Part 1, see at bottom of the page) the list with the best Cognac recipes! So enjoy more of our selection of recipes with the French brandy. It’s all about creative cooking inspired from Charente.
Beef Stroganoff

Ingredients:
Tenderloin …

HipHop and Cognac, a true phenomenal cultural clash. Let’s think about this and have a look at some rap music lyrics where cognac plays a role.
HipHop artists Busta Rhymes and P. Diddy released there song „Pass the Courvoisier“ in 2001 – a new age in Cognac had begun.
Busta Rhymes' Video …

The cognac house Meukow is one of the few big cognac houses still holding on to the structure of the family business. To be able to keep up with the competition, the family created the Compagnie de Guyenne (CDG) in 1969, an umbrella company that Meukow is today part of …

Rémy Martin, the distinguished cognac house in Cognac produced some of the finest spirit in the world. Louis XIII is one of the finest blends from the Grande and Petite Champagne. Popular amongst celebrities like Remy Ma, Churchill, the Queen and Tom Cruise!

KELT Cognac is one example of a cognac house that invests in traditional methods rather than innovative technology. This is just one reason why it’s interesting to have a closer look at this producer.
Needless to say, the eaux-de-vies used to produce the KELT cognacs come exclusively from grapes grown in …

The French Cognac market isn’t that well at all. Only 4 million bottles of Cognac are actually sold in the motherland. The major question for the BNIC (Bureau National Interprofessionel de Cognac) is: How can we make Cognac more attractive for French consumers?
One step was already to push cocktails based …

House of Courvoisier, one of the favourite Cognac producer worldwide. Loved by celebrities like Napoleon or Busta Rhymes, it is a typically French Cognac house in Jarnac by the river Charente.

Of course, every Cognac is made from wine. The grapes used in the Charente are 3 different varieties: Those grape varieties will not deliver a very good wine but a wine perfect for distilling. Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche and Colombard make light and acidic wine.
Ugni Blanc
This grape variety is …

I do not know why, but I discover more and more a certain ‘Charantais’ obsession about famous criminals from the region. For instance, you’ll find the book “Les Affaires Criminelles de Charente” quite often. In a small “tabac” shop in Montomoreau I saw this book again.
A Cognac trader burned the …

There is a sense of Cognac in the Metro of Paris. On my trip to Paris I had to stop while taking the underground Metro and take some pictures of what I saw: The Poitou Charente administration launched a tourism campaign for the Charente region, underlining the beauty of the …

You are planning to go to the region of Cognac? Here are some places to go. Places to enjoy Cognac. Okay, of course you should visit some of the big Cognac houses, some of the middle sized as well. Here is a selection of restaurants, hotels and one great shop.
First …

What is Rancio? Rancio is actually a word which comes from Portugal, used to describe characteristics of port wine during the maturing process. The Rancio Charantais is used to describe Cognac and appears after roughly 10 years of ageing in oak casks. It’s the gouleyante note of Cognac ageing in …

Pineau des Charentes or just ‘Pineau’ is a French aperitif. The drink is actually not very well known abroad, but in Charente it plays a rather important role.

Pineau is fortified wine, vin de liqueur, blended of slightly fermented grape must and eaux-de-vie (Cognac). Pineau should be served chilled, at 8 …