Remy Cointreau Asian Sales Increase
Remy Cointreau’s revenue for the year ended 31 March 2011 grew 12%, driven by demand for Cognac in Asia and their travel retail business. It ...
Recent Find of Rare Cognacs
Visiting France again last week to locate more vintage cognacs, we were delighted to have found a number of exceptionally fine brandies. Top of our ...
The Good & Great Cognac Houses – Prunier
The Prunier family has been shipping cognacs since 1700.  The first member of the Prunier family to start the business was Jean Prunier (1665 – ...
High Summer, Time For Pineau!
Why, oh why do we in Britain have such a love of Pineau des Charentes but never seem to drink it? In a generation of ...
Visitor numbers at the World’s biggest wines and spirits exhibition, Vinexpo, fall short of expectations.
Vinexpo is the biggest wines and spirits exhibition in the world. It is held in Bordeaux every other year and on alternate years is held ...
High Spring Temperatures are drying the grapes, causing problems for Brandy production
The hot Spring weather has created many problems in the Charente Vineyards. Temperatures of more than 35 degrees have had a severe effect on this ...
Did You Know? 19th Century Cognac History
Continuing from our previous post about early Cognac history, some more historical dates in time about the golden nectar... 1835 Felix Courvoisier and Louis Gallois found ...
The Brandy Bottle- Delord 20y.o. Bas Armagnac
Sometimes in summer we think of more fruity drinks and with the lower distillation range of 52 – 72 degrees there is ample scope to ...
The Good & Great Cognac Houses – Louis Royer
Louis Royer is probably better known now than it has ever been during its long life, as a result of its takeover by the giant ...
Did You Know? Early Brandy History
Very few of us are aware that French Brandies have a long history, indeed they are some of the oldest distilled spirits. Here are a ...
