Cognac News & Features

De Luze, a producer of Champagne cognacs, announced today that its XO offering had won the gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits competition. The House of Deluze makes a range of Fine Champagne cognacs made from eaux-de-vie from the growing crus Grand Champagne and Petit Champagne. DeLuze owns a 1,000+ acre vineyard in the Grande Champagne cru. Their Fine Champagne cognacs contain 70% Grand Champagne eaux-de-vie, and 30% Petit Champagne eaux-de-vie. The winner...

CNN recently covered the opening of a Remy Martin Louis XIII Rare Cask 42,6. This cognac is over 100 years old and 42.6% alcohol, slightly higher than the usual 40% alcohol of most cognacs. Only 738 decanters of this rare cask cognac were produced. St. Regis in Atlanta is offering tastes from their decanter of Louis XIII Rare Cask 42,6. For $1,050 you get a half-ounce shot, $2,100 a one-ounce shot and $4,000 will buy...

Louis XIII Cognac is among the priciest of all spirits Thousands of bottles of liquor are bought every day from liquor stores, wine shops and other places that sell spirits. Sadly, large numbers of bottles of liquor are also stolen each day from these establishments. This is not news. When, however, the bottle of liquor that is purchased or stolen, is Cognac, it often makes headlines, especially if the Cognac is Louis XIII. Louis XIII is...

New York Giant football star, Olivier Vernon bought about 100 bottles of Louis XIII Cognac to give to his teammates and coaches. The generous gift was estimated to cost the defensive end about $300,000 as the retail price of Louis XIII Cognac is approximately $3,000 a bottle. Louis XIII is a Remy Martin Grand Champagne Cognac made from eaux-de-vie aged between 40 and 100 years.

It is said that the distillation process was invented in the Netherlands and brought to the Charente in the early 17th century by Dutch traders. The Dutch mastered the art of distilling the Juniper Berry into Jenever (Gin). Since the process was introduced to the Charente, wines from the vineyards of the Cognac region have been distilled to create eaux-de-vie, that once aged in oak barrels, are transformed into brandy. That brandy later became...

The Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC) is offering master classes in the United States this summer as part of its "Experience Cognac" Series across the United States. The Experience Cognac series was launched by the BNIC on June 19 in New York. Between now and September there are scheduled classes in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and Kansas City. The first event in New York was a success and was attended by 28 professionals ranging from...

Rémy Cointreau, the French family-owned company and maker of Rémy Martin cognacs, announced today that it has rebrand the company. The re-branding is designed to reaffirm its mission of "crafting exceptional spirits". As part of the re-affirmation effort, Rémy Cointreau has resigned its website and added a new tagline: "Terroir, People and Time”. Click to see the new Rémy Martin logo and website and to learn more about Rémy Cointreau.

The Cognac region was struck by a rare spring frost earlier this week. Temperatures were well below freezing early Thursday morning, threatening the region's grape vines. To compound issues, Cognac's grape vines had budded two weeks earlier than normal this year exposing the tender buds to the ravages of the frost. According to SudOest, many vineyard owners tried to limit the damage wrought by mother nature with make-shift haystack fires near their vineyards in a...

The House of Martell has been around since 1715 and has a rich history as one of the finest and largest Cognac houses. Matthias Lataille, the brand ambassador at Martell recently penned an article entitled "Martell Busting Cognac Myths" in which he explodes four commonly held misconceptions about cognac. Take a look at Monsieur Lataille's four cognac myths. Further Reading: When you are done reading "Martell Busting Cognac Myths, you may wish to check out the Cognac.com...

Louis XIII is a Rémy Martin Grand Champagne Cognac made from over 1,000 eaux-de-vie aged between 40 and 100 years. Many consider Louis XIII to be the Holy Grail of cognac, desired for its opulence and classic crystal decanter packaging. Rémy Martin has been positioning itself increasingly as a purveyor of the finest cognacs, especially in the XO designation and older. The Chinese and duty free markets are key to executing on this strategy. As...