There was always a bottle of Cognac — a brandy type that can only be made from select white grapes from the region — in my parents’ drinks cupboard. It rarely made it out and was left to ...

The cognac made from the grapes grown in the Borderies requires less ageing than those grown in the Champagne areas and the wine is “round” and “aromatic” with a “bouquet of violets ...

These requirements include being produced in the wine-growing region surrounding Cognac, France, using specific grape varietals, being twice distilled in copper pot stills and must be aged in ...

And it costs less. What is Armagnac? Armagnac (like cognac) is distilled from white wine grapes, namely the Folle Blanche, Ugni Blanc and Colombard varieties. After distillation, it's aged in ...

"Cognac is to brandy what Champagne is to sparkling ... Rémy Martin only uses grapes from these two most central parts. "Because we only focus on the two most central parts we're allowed to ...

But once you dig a little deeper, you find that the difference expands from there because the ingredients involved in cognac ...