Cognac’s times are a-changin’

It has a rich background story, but Cognac’s historical success is ultimately rooted in affairs of the heart

Cognac’s finesse comes from distillation that reaches back to medieval alchemists and apothecaries

Cognac and whiskey share the lustrous beauty of an amber-gold hue in the glass and the ethereal warmth of their bouquet, but that is where the similarities end.

While Irish whiskey, Scotch whisky and a world of other whiskeys from Japan to Kentucky are based on the distillation of grains, principally barley and wheat, Cognac is entirely different and is based on the distillation of grapes. We can therefore say that it is ...