But, because brandy is an overarching term for distilled spirits made from fermented fruit juice (of which Cognac is just one type), it can also stir up mental pictures of late nights spent in the ...

Multiple car-free streets make Cognac's town centre ideal for wandering on foot. Photograph by Iakov Filimonov, Alamy Photos In the city of Cognac, at the centre of the eponymous region ...