Glasses of cognac are displayed for a tasting session at the cognac estate of Hennessy company in Cognac, southwestern France. June 4 th is National Cognac Day, a legendary spirit that has been making ...

Victor Hugo, famous French writer and the author of Les Miserables, described Cognac as the liquor of the gods. This sentiment might explain why Cognac, the beloved amber spirit, has been produced for ...

Ferrand Cognac is one of Cognac’s oldest houses. The company’s roots go back 10 generations, over four centuries. It’s 625 acres of vineyards, 200 of which it owns outright, are located in the Angeac ...

Doesn't this swanky French grape spirit reside in the beverage province of rich, white men in their private, paneled rooms? Isn't cognac what rappers grab at the neck and swig from in their bling-y ...

Brandy is any distilled spirit made from fermented fruit juice. Cognac is a specific type of barrel-aged brandy made in the Cognac region of France. Brandy is often sipped neat as an after-dinner ...

Here's how to tell these French brandies apart. Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and ...

Two glasses of Cognac and a bottle on a wooden table - Fcafotodigital/Getty Images Ever wondered if Cognac and brandy are the same thing? Or why one bottle can feel like it demands a butler, while ...

The barrel-aged, amber-colored brandy from France makes for fine sipping. Plus: a Sidecar recipe that you’ll want to share with friends. Located about 250 miles southwest of Paris, the small commune ...

Here's how to tell these French brandies apart. As Cognac continues its impressive rise in popularity and Armagnac reaches a larger market than the more niche one it has historically appealed to in ...

In our new Ask the Expert series, Paste readers chime in with some of their most pressing booze concerns, and we do our best to help you make sense of it all. Resident expert Jake Emen has spent years ...