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Cognac hosts the best wine merchant of france competition for the first time. Discover and explore the world of Cognac : history, appellation, making-process, consumption, origin.
Roullet Fransac. Roullet-Fransac, a name steeped in history, in a prestigious setting. Our Cognac house, with its trading experience and traditional know-how, is nowadays in line with modernity. Discover our shop at 11 quai des Flamands, facing the Charente and located between the Cognac Arts Museum and the port.
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Oct 21, 2024 · This is a spirit that is just as much part of the cultural fabric of France as wine: Cognac. And a visit to the Cognac region of France not only offers luxurious Cognac houses, cocktails, and food ...
- Touring Hennessy Cognac
- Visiting The Chateau de Cognac
- Touring Martell Cognac
- Touring Rémy Martin
Hennessy has been in business for about 250 years, and has about 40% of the world cognac market. It’s the brand favored by musicians like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog, both of whom do sales no harm by dropping the name of Hennessy into their lyrics. Hennessy is also unusual in that they don’t have a master blender, like all the other houses do, but instea...
Next door to Hennessy is the Chateau de Cognac, built in the 15th century and the birthplace of King François I. It’s such a grand and historic setting that even the other cognac producers must be jealous, as it now houses the cognac makers Baron Otard. The original Baron Otard bought the chateau when it was sold off after the French Revolution in ...
A little away from the river, Martell also has one of its cellars, with another larger cellar and Visitor Centre outside the town. Here I learn some interesting things about matching cognac with food. Martell has a variety of tours on offer, and I discover that their Cordon Bleu cognac is a perfect match for dark chocolate, while their Martell XO i...
There are tours, too, at one of Cognac’s other big names, Rémy Martin, founded over 300 years ago by Rémy Martin himself and still family-owned. Like Martell they have a Visitor Centre in the town with their main site just outside Cognac. This sprawls over seven acres and has 29 huge houses containing the cellars. Here we’re given another tip for t...
Cognac is situated on the river Charente between the towns of Angoulême and Saintes. The majority of the town has been built on the river's left bank, with the smaller right bank area known as the Saint Jacques district. The town is situated on one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela and is home to the French Air Force training ...
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The town and district of Cognac, in the région of Poitou-Charentes on France's Atlantic coast, is the center of a swath of vineyard country where grapes are grown that make unpalatable wine which is then distilled into great brandy. Set on the Charente River between the cities of Angoulême and Saintes, Cognac is 483 km (300 miles) southwest ...
