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cognac
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co·gnac
/ ˈkōnˌyak; ˈkän-; ˈkôn-/
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a high-quality brandy, properly that distilled in Cognac in western France.
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Cognacs and brandies are reaching out to the masses. (special section: Bar Management)
Magazine article from: Nation's Restaurant News; 11/23/1987; 700+ words
; ...promoting brandies and cognacs, operators are quick...class, you must pour cognac into the traditional...legitimate server of fine cognacs and brandies today...growth in the brandy/cognac category, according...says. This year, cognacs with aged statements...single-vintage cognac from ...
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Cognac: the seductive spirit.(recipes and menus)
Magazine article from: Ebony; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Cognac, which, is intended to interact with all the...varieties of white grapes can be used to make cognac--Ugni Blanc, Colombard and Folle Blanche. However, 98 percent of all cognac today is made with the juice of the Ugni Blanc...
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Cognac takes edge off winter
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/22/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...secret to the best Cognacs, experts say. Cognac then must be aged...percent of the Cognac evaporates each...aging, various Cognacs are blended according...their precious Cognacs, you should follow...small portion of Cognac into a tulip...
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COGNAC'S NEW QUEST / French makers trying to expand their market.
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 3/26/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...helped make black Americans some of the world's top cognac consumers. Now the cognac houses of France are taking a similar approach to...white, old men, African Americans drink far more cognac per capita than Caucasians. Black people consume...
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Cognac Goes Ultra-Premium.(FOOD)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 11/3/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...like aged brandy. Cognac producers decided...single-distillery Cognacs. Other houses have...Hine, head of Hine Cognac, a highly regarded producer of premium Cognacs, says the idea behind...Other vintage-dated Cognacs on the market include Delamain Vintage Cognac 1950 ($620) and...
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Cognac struggles with a waning market worldwide
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 8/22/1997; 700+ words
; ...years ago, the Far East was a booming market for Cognac and wine was mostly an afterthought. Since then...most lucrative, for fine wine -- apparently at Cognac's expense. Cognac is in trouble around the world, but particularly...
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 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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Cognac: pleasing so many senses; Every year Americans drink about 50 million bottles of cognac, one of the world's most expensive beverages, writes Rosemary McClure.(Life)
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa); 11/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...to western France and the Cognac region, where the world...remembered three more large cognac houses awaited. Next up...about distilling and ageing cognacs (www.martell.com...process of creating fine Cognac exte
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COGNAC'S CONTRADICTIONS.(Cognac, France and the Cognac industry)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Cheers; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...reputation as a luxury spirit. In Cognac's bars and restaurants, locals...master blender of A. De Fussigny cognac, surprisingly suggests this as...and other mixers with their VS cognacs and the cognac promotional bureau BNIC has launched...
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French cognac-ion
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 7/21/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...New Straits Times 07-21-2007 French cognac-ion Byline: Su Aziz Edition: Main...SU AZIZ, and savour a bit of wine and cognac country. THE next time you are in Paris...of the numerous times you hear `Ooh, Cognac' uttered with such reverence. Then go...
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Cognac stages a comeback as rappers' drink of choice Drink Sales of brandy soar as the exclusive French export attracts an unexpected new following
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 7/27/2003; ; 700+ words
; Cognac is off the rocks, thanks to the likes of...American rap musicians and their fans. Cognac was in the doldrums five years ago, overtaken...grape growers were besieging the town of Cognac in the south-west of the country, and...
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Cognac
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...to the Far East. The name "cognac" was not affixed to the distilled...labeling, classifying the cognac by it smoothness. V.S...minimums. Most houses age their cognacs for twice the minimum required...This proved beneficial to the cognac because the dampness reduced...
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cognac
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
cognac Brandy made only in the Charentes region of north‐west France, around the town of Cognac, from special varieties of grape grown on shallow soil and claimed to be distilled only in pot, not continuous, stills; first distilled...
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Martell and Company S.A.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...S.A. BP 21, 7 Pl. Edouard Martell Cognac, France Telephone: (+33 05) 45 36...Company S.A. represents the oldest cognac brand, with a history stretching back...region, and especially China, with a cognac-drinking population estimated at some...
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Rémy Cointreau S.A.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...at least 50 percent of the cognac ’ s contents came...zones immediately bordering Cognac. R é my Martin remained focused on its line of cognacs until well into the 1960s...among the region ’ s cognac houses. The death of Andre...
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Rémy Cointreau Group
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...at least 50 percent of the cognac's contents came from the...zones immediately bordering Cognac. R é my Martin remained focused on its line of cognacs until well into the 1960s...only 25th among the region's cognac houses. The death of Andr...
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