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Back to business: +21% in May and +6% in the last 12 months!
1,584 billion Euros of revenue. 140 million bottles of Cognac sold in the last 12 months: Cognac is back in business. Luxury goods are slowly coming back to life. The crisis is over. But is that really true? Yesterday the BNIC published a press release communicating a growth in May 2010 of 20,7 % and…
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Alain Braastad delivers a masterpiece: Letters of a Cognac merchant from the 18th century
Alain Braastad did a great work: A transcription of letters of a Cognac négociant (merchant), Henry Brunet, living in the middle of the 18th century. The book consists of a selection of reproduced letters the merchant sent, which gives great insights into time and culture. It’s 574 pages and was given by Jules Pelisson, a…
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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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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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Prince Hubert de Polignac Reserve VSOP Grande Champagne
Polignac Reserve VSOP Grande Champagne Cognac consists of 100% Grande Champagne eaux-de-vie. Here are the tasting notes of Prince Hubert de Polignac Reserve VSOP Grande Champagne: The color: golden nuances On the nose: typically flower intensive and fruit notes. The taste: delicious soft, fruity, floral iris; some hints of gingerbread The Finish: quite round, slightly…
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A complete history of Cognac: The long way to eau-de-vie
The history of Cognac actually starts in the third century. The region and the beverage Cognac has a long history and involves all kind of nations, merchants, kings and aristocrats, natural catastrophes, wars and cold winters. Despite all this, the product kept getting better and better, century after century. Read the full history of Cognac,…
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