African Americans comprise anywhere between 60%-80% of the total American Cognac Market. In 2007-2008 America imported 51.7 million bottles so even if 60% of that was consumed by African Americans thats a whopping 31.2 million bottles of cognac. One of the reason cognac became so popular among African American population is because of celebrity influence. [...]
About a week ago we posted an event that was held in Miami. This event featured cognac from small independently run cognac houses. In our post, we had talked that we would discuss a little more about the Cognac Guild and what they are trying to do. So here it is.
The Cognac Guild is a [...]
I am not sure how and why I haven’t shared this excellent video produced by the good folks at GrapeVisions. As I was going through the archives, I found a comment from one of the GrapeVisions team who had shared the link. This is an amazing video and was released in December so it has [...]
Cognac, whether it’s the making of it or drinking, either way it’s an art. Some pass the art of cognac making to the next generation and here we plan on making people aware of cognac and helping it become the drink of choice for many as years pass by. After all, a drink that gives [...]
As most of you already know each week we try to cover something that is related to alcohol in general and not just cognac. Today we are dedicating this post to corkscrews. We are used to taking little things in life for granted. Imagine having your favorite bottle of wine or cognac and not finding [...]
A few weeks ago we had exchanged emails with le-cognac.com and we knew they were planning an event here in US. Le-Cognac, The Cognac Guild and Cognac Inc. have put together an event that will be held in Miami on June 11, 12 and 13. The story behind the formation of Cognac Inc. and Le-Cognac’s [...]
A workshop led by Jean Lenoir who created “Le Nez du Vin,” which provides you with words you need to describe wine has now created a cognac aroma wheel. The cognac aroma wheel differs from the past ones as it categorizes cognac aromas by season. The wheel was developed during the Second International Cognac Summt [...]
Imagine not being able to purchase your favorite cognac, beer, wine or any other alcohol. The period between 1919 to 1933 was just that. It was illegal to manufacture, sell or transport alcohol as mandated in the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Although the sale or manufacture of alcohol was made illegal, it [...]
We have been planning on compiling cognac brands and so far we have done two posts that highlighted 20 brands. Well, we have finally implemented what we have been planning for so long. This post is a quick update to let you know that we have included a page dedicated to cognac brands here at [...]
A couple weeks ago we published a post that showed ten cognac brands that have an online presence. It’s amazing and kind of sad that even today there are some that still don’t have an online presence. Of course, it’s not easy managing a site and running a business altogether when your brand is a [...]