Our Hermitage 1975 Grande Champagne was awarded the Masters Medal in the prestigious 2010 Cognac Masters Competition held in London, beating every other vintage cognac. ...

Reading a cognac label is relatively easy - reading what is not on the label is a little harder! There are labels that will try ...

Hennessy are in the news again. This time its for all the wrong reasons. It appears that somebody has been making off with some of ...

Otard is one of Cognacs most famous names, thanks partly to it’s ownership of the 16th century Château de Cognac, which deservedly is the town's ...

Here at Brandyclassics we have often spoken lovingly about the benefits of long ageing. It is a pre-requisite of very fine cognac and there is ...

During last November, customs officials seized a record quantity of wines and spirits from smugglers attempting to sell them on the open market in the ...

Spanish Brandy has a longer history than cognac; it is more varied and in some ways more intriguing. Most Spanish Brandy should be called Brandy ...

The geology of the cognac producing region is the single most important factor in the success of the famous drink. The spirits success rests solidly ...

March 31st is the official end of the cognac year when all distillation must cease. In practice distillation will probably have finished around Christmas, but ...

Professor Louis Ravaz was the young professor who established the Station Viticole in Cognac and did much to re-establish the new vines after the Phylloxera ...