Claude Chatelier is a fairly young cognac brand. It was founded by Alexander Gabriel in 1989. Today it is owned by Maison Ferrand, famous for both its own cognac, Plantation rum and Citadelle gin. Claude Chatelier is made from grapes grown in the Petit Champagne region. The fermented wine is distilled…
Jas Hennessy & Co is the world's largest cognac manufacturer, with a market share of approximately 40%. The Hennessy Cognac House was founded by Richard Hennessy in 1765. Today, Hennessy cognacs are produced by Moet Hennessy, which in turn is owned by Louis Vuitton and Moet Hennessy’s parent company LVMH and…
Renault Cognac House is a creation of Jean Anton Renault. It was founded in 1835 in the town of Cognac. Jean is said to be a great traveler and innovator, bringing new ideas of cognac making from his travels. Renault was the first manufacturer to bottle cognac before export, instead of…
The Hardy Cognac House was founded by the Englishman Anthony Hardy in 1863. Anthony was a wine merchant in London and often visited France to see the production of the wines he sold. He fell in love with the Cognac area, decided to move there also and start producing his own…
The Georgian winery Askaneli already had operations in the late 19th century, but the actual production of wine and wine distillates began in 1998. Askaneli is one of the few Georgian wine producers who also own distillation facilities. Indeed, their distillates are the most widely available together with another producer, Sarajishvili,…
Fies Original is a trademark of Franz Fies GmbH. Their product range includes several different clear fruit distillates, liqueurs and fruit distillates matured for up to 10 years. The Fies factories are located in south-west Germany in the Schwarzhwaldhoff region, which is obviously a fertile area for this type of production,…
Fruit brandies are very popular in German-speaking countries. In Germany, there are several different fruit brandies in every Market, usually made from pears, cherries or plums. They are usually clear distillates; some may also have added a little juice to give color and aroma. The fruit is crushed and the juice…
Remy Martin's winery was founded in 1886, at a time when the phylloxera was wreaking havoc in French vineyards. Founder Paul-Emile Rémy Martin II started to grow a new grape variety that was resistant to the parasite. In the same year, Paul-Emile also founded a distillery and began producing brandies. However,…
Larsen is a cognac house founded in 1926 by Jens Rydar Larsen from Norway. It is a well-known cognac brand in the Nordic and Baltic countries, where its current owner, Altia Group, has a strong foothold. Larsen’s VSOP is a blend of distillates made from grapes grown in two different regions,…
Larsen Cognac House was founded by Norwegian Jens Rydar Larsen in 1926. He moved to the French Cognac Province in 1919, married a Frenchwoman and bought Joseph Gautier’s Cognac Factory. In 2012, Larsen was first sold to Remy Cointreu, who sold it a year later to the Finnish Altia Group. Larsen's…