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How the different nations and cultures like their Cognac
How consumers from around the world like their Cognac: Cognac in France In France, Cognac is still considered by consumers as an after-dinner drink the way tradition dictated it. Cognac and Tonic became quite popular and thanks to the large variety of sodas and fruit juices it can be associated with, cognac as a long…
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Not Cognac but Pear brandy! The story about the American Clear Creek distillery (video)
Yes, an eaux-de-vie but not made from grapes… In this article you find quite an extraordinary video (see below) about a man who traveled to Europe in order to learn how to distill pears. Founded in 1985, the distillery makes eau de vie at their Northwest Portland distillery, exclusively from Oregon fruit. Steve Mccarthy uses…
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Cognac sales back to force? VS quality now more sold than XO
Cognac sales went up by 32,4% in March 2010, compared to March 2009! Worldwide sales went down (only) by 3,1% in 2009… that’s quite good actually. Between april 2009 and march 2010 the following amount of bottles were shipped: 47,3 millions bottles Alena (USA, Canada, Mexico) 42,6 millions bottles to Europe 41,2 millions bottles to…
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European Union guideline VS. the Law of King Louis XV ?
Louis XV. and other Kings did not allow to plant new wineyards in the Cognac region… at least there were hard restrictions. But now the European Commision wants to change that. They are planning to completely deregulate the wine sector in Europe – a major reform. The goal is a sustainable and competitive wine sector…
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Farmers, Resellers and Players: The structure of the Cognac business
Basically, this is how it goes: Farmers grow and produce wine, distill the eau-de-vie (spirit) and make their own Cognac. But some companies, especially the bigger ones, buy different eaux-de-vie from the different growing areas and blend their Cognacs. Here are some basics one should know: About 95% of the spirit is exported The core…
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