Cognac Timeline : 3rd Century To 21st Century Captured

Cognac has been around forever, well it seems like it. Most of the time when we talk about Cognac we tend to start out from the 17th century because that was when the “twice distillation process” was started. However, it is important to note that the birth of cognac relates way back before that, dating almost back to the 3rd century.

The other day while we were looking for some background and history on cognac, we found quite a few things but nothing that was easier to download or give us a quick glimpse of the history of cognac. We took the matter in our hands and created a timeline. Please click on the image below to see what the timeline looks like and if it something you would like to download and save it onto your harddrive (may be use it as a wallpaper) go ahead and click on the link that is below the image. The image will open in a new window, please right click on the image and hit “save image as.”

If you would like to download the high resolution image please click here -Cognac Timeline

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5 Responses to “Cognac Timeline : 3rd Century To 21st Century Captured”

1. neal rodriguez says:

   December 31, 2008 at 9:42 pm

   cognac – the wise man’s drink
2. ToeCracker says:

   December 31, 2008 at 9:43 pm

   Wow! I never knew cognac has been around since the 3rd century. It’s one drink I personally enjoy at times. The timeline is a brilliant idea.
3. Cognac says:

   December 31, 2008 at 9:50 pm

   @neal : love that phrase – “the wise man’s drink.” Thanks for taking the time to stop by and setting that perspective in.

   @Toe : Glad you enjoyed the timeline
4. ekey says:

   January 5, 2009 at 9:22 pm

   Fantastic! We were just unleashing a series of History Of… posts. Love this link.
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