The history of Cognac – The Dutch, French, Irish and British
From around 1600 many Irish traders and settlers became interested in the brandy business. These were settlers and the potential to condense wines by boiling ...
The history of Cognac – In the beginning, wine into water
As early as the 16th century, when the English had been chased from France for more than a century, we find the expression Vin du ...
Serious shortage of aged Cognacs
BNIC Statistics for March 2010 have revealed that stocks of old cognacs used by the big houses has dropped to one of the lowest levels ...
How to make Calvados – Label, Bottles, Age and Presentation.
It is common practice with most calvados producers to put the age of the spirit in the bottle on the label, but it is not ...
How to make Calvados – Making the Cider
Most of the flavours in the calvados comes from the skins of the apples rather than the pulp. The equipment required for making the cider ...
How to make Calvados – Viticulture, the fruit for the cidre.
The harvest of apples starts around the beginning of October and continues through to nearly Christmas since apples, unlike grapes ripen at different times and ...
The history of Calvados – Post-war
Of all the areas of France affected by the war, Normandy suffered the most . The neglecting of the farms and orchard were miner to ...
The history of Calvados – World War 2
The German occupation of Normandy was centred around the town of Caen in the north. They set up a sort of control centre called a ...
The history of Calvados – 20th Century War and Peace.
By the turn of the 20th century calvados production had increased from 56,300 hl in 1882 to well over 300,000hl in 1900. The area of ...
The history of Calvados – The Golden age of Distillation.
During the eighteenth century, industrialisation had started and people had started to take jobs in the towns and in 1831 an Irishman, A Coffey designed ...
