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Starting about two years ago, everyone was talking about the Espresso Martini. Brands were jumping on board hard with social media promoting it.
Today, Patrick and his wife, Corinne, run the Drouet estate in Salles-d’Angles. They own 43 hectares of vineyards in both Grande and Petite Champagne.
The name Giraud has been in the cognac region since 1635. Records show the family started producing cognac sometime during the early 1800’s.
In the late 1830’s, a gentleman by the name of Sewell T. Taylor was importing a brand of Cognac to the United States called
Hold your horses, bourbon fans! The Mint Julep was originally made with Cognac up until the 1870’s when the phylloxera epidemic hit.

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Bibliography

Cognac Reverie gets its information from various sources, both via publications and through industry relationships. This list comprises all books and internet sites used to fact check the topic of Cognac when publishing articles for this blog. All other data is learned through personal experiences of the author.

LITERATURE
  • Salvatore Calabrese: Cognac, A Liquid History (Cassell & Co., 2001)
  • Michelle Brachet: The World of Cognac (Quiller, 2017)
  • Nicholas Faith: Cognac, The Story of the World’s Greatest Brandy (Infinite Ideas Ltd., 2013)
  • Kyle Jarrard: Cognac, The Seductive Saga of the World’s Most Coveted Spirit (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2005)
  • Gilbert Delos: The World of Cognac (Chartwell Books Inc., 1999)

ONLINE
  • www.bnic.fr
  • www.cognac-expert.com
  • www.thespiritsbusiness.com
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