You should learn to drink cognac, too—good cognac is heaven.
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Vocations Renaud Fillioux de Gironde, 39, is a cognac master blender for Hennessy, in Cognac, France.
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The brandy is a V.S.O.P. Cognac from a fifth-generation estate owned by the Tardy family in the Cognac region of France.
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Perhaps the most famous brandy isn't American at all: Cognac, which must be distilled and aged in the Cognac region of France.
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This reflected a 10 percent rise in Martell cognac sales and the recovery of luxury cognac brand Cordon Bleu although scotch whiskies continued to suffer.
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Cognac snobs, and even nonsnobs, will no doubt curse the insanity of using some of the most expensive cognac in the world to pour into a cheesecake.
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Appropriately christened the D&aposussé 1969 Anniversaire Edition, this 100% Grand Champagne Cognac has been aging for decades in the prestigious Château de Cognac cellars in France.
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Of course, if you&aposre making Cognac, it doesn&apost really matter because they&aposre grapes that you have to include in order to be officially called Cognac.
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As for the cognac itself, it's a unique blend of Louis XIII cognac, created by cellar master Baptiste Loiseau with a selection of Louis XIII's oldest eaux-de-vie.
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The booze in question was a Cognac Croizet Cuvée Leonie 1858, a single-harvest Cognac that Winston Churchill and President Eisenhower reportedly drank while planning D-Day in 1944.
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According to the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac, nearly 98 percent of the country's Cognac production is exported outside of France, primarily to the United States, the UK, and Asia.
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Sales of cognac and other luxury goods fell in China following a government crackdown on corruption in 2014, hurting all spirit makers, although cognac seems to be recovering faster than whisky.
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Grab a tiny bistro table and settle in with a My Sazerac (cognac, absinthe and Morlacco bitters, 7 euros), a Fog Cutter (rum, cognac, gin and lime, 7 euros) or artisanal beer.
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Wealth Solutions has previously offered a Cognac watch, which contained a drop of Gautier 1762, the world's oldest Cognac (it bought the bottle from Bonhams for $59,500), a rum watch which was lightly baptised with Harewood 1780, and a fountain pen filled with that same Cognac that I sincerely hope some rich douchebag accidentally dropped into his personal volcano.
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The French spirits group said sales growth accelerated in the second quarter due to improving cognac sales in China and robust demand for its premium cognac in the United States, its largest market.
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Cognac sales account for more than half the company's revenue.
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Franklin & Freeman Men's Stewart Penny Loafer Dress Shoe, Cognac, $76.97
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Buy the Wolf & Shepherd Gunner Driver in Cognac now, $225.
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Pisco from Peru is a brandy, most closely resembling cognac.
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It has recently acquired cognac brands Larsen, Renault and Xante.
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My appreciation for Cognac is now more fun, less medicinal.
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He reportedly prefers Swiss cheese, Cristal Champagne and Hennessy cognac.
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Remove the pan from the open flame and add cognac.
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Most of that reputation comes from Armagnac's flashier cousin Cognac.
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We made our way to the town of Cognac, where several larger brands are based, to see Hennessy, on the left bank of the Charente river and one of the world's biggest Cognac houses.
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Hennessy says it has 50 percent of the global cognac market.
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And it appeared, in the 1960s, on advertisements for Courvoisier cognac.
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So many people in the rap game get down with Cognac.
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You can grab some Rémy Martin Louis XIII Cognac for $2,999.99.
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What are the skills and traits of a good cognac blender?
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Usually it's on "cognac-style" brandy, which the clue gets right.
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The entire crew celebrated at the restaurant with Martell Cognac cocktails.
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Campari orange or a few sips of a very good cognac.
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Sales of cognac and other luxury goods fell across the board in China following a government crackdown on corruption in 2014, hurting all spirits makers, though cognac sales now seem to be recovering faster than whisky.
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PARIS, July 20 (Reuters) - French spirits group Remy Cointreau said sales growth stalled in the first quarter, reflecting weaker cognac revenue in Asia but there was robust demand for its premium cognac in the United States.
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Light Cognac, Medium Mahogany, and Dark Eclipse make up the shade range.
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They have cognac in France, whisky in Scotland and Italians drink grappa.
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About 10 minutes later the delivery man showed up with my cognac.
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Twombly scribbles, viscous red ribbons that belong in an ad for Cognac.
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Across the room Chimps in diapers smoked cigars and drank cheap cognac.
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The team that drinks super expensive, rare cognac together ... wins titles together??
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It's scented with lime, cognac, and wild orange oils, according to Lush.
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Before he steps onstage, he has a couple of shots of Cognac.
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The staff wore immaculate uniforms and the drink menu featured $16,000 cognac.
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The pair poured tiny shots of Hennessy cognac into small plastic cups.
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Chick-fil-A, frozen cognac and Red Bull for ceremonial purposes only.
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Blue, black, white and even chocolate and cognac diamonds, to be specific!
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Afterward, he said, the officers sometimes poured him a shot of cognac.
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He's also the partial owner of D'Usse, a cognac made by Bacardi.
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The French spirits group kept its target for full-year current operating profit growth after cognac sales accelerated in the fourth quarter, lifted by robust U.S. demand for brands like 1738 Accord Royal cognac and improving trends in China.
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Other British media offended him by alleging that he drank "cognac at breakfast".
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Pair it with cognac or grey furnishings for a sophisticated, beautiful palette. 3.
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This snake embossed bucket bag, adorable yellow belt bag, and cognac leather hobo.
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Add the cognac and carefully light a match to burn off the alcohol.
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Remy said cognac sales were growing at double-digit rates across all regions.
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Hennessy was only the beginning of the centuries-old Cognac houses I saw.
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This historical tour aside, the Cognac I sampled was worth the visit alone.
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Perhaps Regina Schrambling's justly famous recipe for beef stew with Dijon and Cognac?
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You can learn practical things from this book — like how to smell Cognac.
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Try the frothy Po Boy Punch (cognac, pecan bitters, egg white and nutmeg).
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The last shot is of LOEWE's ubiquitous Puzzle bag in a cognac colorway.
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The Quartermaster 12 in 1 also comes with a cognac leather clutch bag.
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"In Cognac, you'd never be able to find this value," Ms. Cooney said.
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This reflected the good demand for cognac in mainland China where sales of the group's cognac categories were growing at double-digit rate, but also the fall in tourism in Hong Kong and slower than anticipated stock replenishment by U.S retailers.
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Cognac has also shed its fusty image to become a hit with rap musicians.
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Its products include Louis XIII luxury cognac that sells for over $2000 a bottle.
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Mostly it involves trying to pull up everywhere smelling like dime sacks and cognac.
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You can make it with any cognac and bad ruby port—it's very forgiving.
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They tell me that they didn't have the particular bottle of cognac I wanted.
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The country's chief narcologist compares methadone to "treating a vodka-drinking alcoholic with cognac".
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In total, cognac exports rose by 10.8 percent to 3.07 billion euros in 2017.
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My grandmother was polishing the silver and giving the cognac glasses an extra shine.
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Reasonably, they ordered another round (two perfect, strong Old-Fashioneds, with rye and cognac).
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So maybe I'll make a Dutch oven full of Dijon and cognac beef stew.
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On April 28, Mr. Pépin will be honored with chicken with Cognac and cream.
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The light was Cognac-colored, and there was a soft wind off the water.
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The luxury turkey gravy is infused with a $3,650 bottle of Louis XIII cognac.
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In China alone Pernod Ricard has set up two sales teams, one focused on high-end brands such as Martell cognac and the other on mid-range brands such as Noblige and Distinction cognac to better address demand from an emerging middle class.
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Bottles of the berry-flavored cognac and vodka blend also feature a picture of Jimi.
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He and his guide Sasaki Roshi would sit up and drink whiskey and cognac together.
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They described it as "warming and perfect for fall," much like a whiskey or cognac.
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Likewise, Metaxa, a Greek variety of cognac with an orangey zing, is gaining wider appreciation.
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The brandy crusta is a Cognac drink supported by lemon juice, Curaçao and maraschino liqueur.
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You drink it past the leaves, on the label, and you pour in the cognac.
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Among the myriad new products under consideration include European spirits such as whiskey and Cognac.
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The maker of Martell cognac and Mumm champagne handed investors a 17 percent dividend hike.
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Jay-Z has a Cognac called D&aposUsse, which is a joint venture with Bacardi.
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Mr. Palazzi, who imports both Cognac and Armagnac, insists that Armagnac is easier to sell.
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I asked the provodnik in our carriage for vodka, but he just whispered "cognac" instead.
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PARIS, April 19 (Reuters) - French spirits group Remy Cointreau kept its target for full-year current operating profit growth after cognac sales accelerated in the fourth quarter, lifted by robust U.S. demand for brands like 1738 Accord Royal cognac and improving trends in China.
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The rise resulted from cost controls and robust sales of higher-priced spirits such as the 1738 Accor Royal and Club cognac brands in the United States, now the group's largest market, and improving demand for cognac in China in the last six months.
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If someone asks for the most expensive Cognac with Diet Coke, I'm happy to serve it.
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While in Australia, she paired the cognac-colored sandals with a breezy white and gray sundress.
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"There was an unholy concoction of cocaine, cognac and cannabis coursing through my veins," he wrote.
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And in case you were wondering: Yes, Cardi's sibling is named after the famous cognac brand.
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Now, the record is sitting in a safe nestled amongst cognac bottles in a fancy cellar.
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Then A$AP Rocky comes in and starts slowly name-dropping alcohols: Cognac, rum, tequila, vodka.
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HP will offer the Spectre Folio in either a Bordeaux Burgundy or Cognac Brown at launch.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Strong demand from China helped cognac sales at French spirits group Remy Cointreau (RCOP.
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With the cat buried, we returned home to accept Fred's thanks, along with cognac for all.
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The cognac is a blend of 1,200 cognacs, each of which is over 100 years old.
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The streamlined tote comes in black and the same cognac color Meghan carried and costs $165.
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Girolle-infused Cognac, Gruyère, and brie vodka, with vermouth sugar, Cocchi Americano, and Angostura walnut bitters.
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The main variety used for cognac is ugni blanc, a white grape also known as trebbiano.
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Cognac is populated by a Protestant minority, a population that has historically been persecuted in France.
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But they examined and photographed the enlarged organ inside, which had been pickled, probably in cognac.
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Champagne, whiskey, kirsch, eau de vie, beer, cognac, wines white and red — the bottles keep coming.
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It's accompanied by a hand-blow sugar crown, filled with Cognac that costs $2,500 per bottle.
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"With Cognac, we have to deconstruct the existing knowledge, then build it back up," he said.
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Not a lot of cops tell crackheads they just need to finish up their crack before they can move along.) We soon discovered that vodka and brandy (called "cognac" but certainly not from Cognac) can also be obtained, but this time it was even more surreptitious.
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In line with that strategy, Remy Cointreau last month disclosed exclusive talks to buy most of the operations of the JR Brillet cognac house to secure additional vineyards and stocks of aged eau de vie fruit brandy, which is key to meeting growing demand for cognac.
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At its best, it's now recognized as a refined spirit comparable to Cognac or single-malt Scotch.
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"More and more, I tend to get some nice bottles of whisky, cognac and Armagnac," he adds.
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Cognac sales, which count for more than half of group revenues, rose 6.2 percent in the quarter.
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I always cognac-brine my turkeys and stuff the inside, under the skin, with black truffle butter.
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The store allows customers to taste pricey Louis XIII Cognac, and dine on caviar and iberico ham.
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She gets a cognac Thai tea cocktail, but I don't drink so I stick to Diet Coke.
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However, the trend remained favorable for the highest-quality cognac in Southeast Asian countries, Japan and Africa.
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Black tea, sugar, and lemon balance out a potent mixture of rum, cognac, sherry, and red wine.
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Ms. Schuster said it would be unlikely that the cognac and liqueur would be safe to drink.
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While in the past they drank traditional rice wine, they now crave imported beer and Hennessy Cognac.
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Fish entrees included shrimp Cognac, six tail-on shrimp in a cream sauce with shallots and prosciutto.
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He assembled the room behind him, urging everyone to hold up a bottle — Champagne, vodka, D'Ussé cognac.
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He was a retired Army colonel; at bedtime, he took a little cognac, she tea with candy.
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The grapes are of a typical Cognac variety, an assortment that includes Colombard, Riesling, and Ugni Blanc.
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Can you suggest words used to describe great cognac, the same way winemakers talk about their vintage?
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Front Burner Grand Brulot, an aged digestif made with coffee and V.S.O.P. Cognac, is easy to savor.
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The name suggests something upscale, but it's like, 'You just poured cognac in an apple juice bottle!
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It calls for cognac, Madeira wine, cream, and morels — luxuries that most people wouldn't typically reach for.
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"I really love Cognac, Armagnac and Calvados," he said, referring to a French style of apple brandy.
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The slowdown reflected inventory management of Martell cognac in China and de-stocking in the United States.
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Egg yolks, heavy cream and a whole lot of cognac make this one powerful and festive drink.
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For the Chinese, the spirit may lack the status of posh cognac or whisky, but consumption is growing.
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JAY-Z's cognac D'Ussé, which is a joint venture with Bacardi, is estimated to be worth $100 million.
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According to another report, cosmonauts also drank doctor-recommended cognac on the space station Mir in the 1990s.
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That is indeed what happened, and then later on, someone put the heart in a jar of cognac.
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While cosmetics and alcohol sales grew — especially U.S. sales of Hennessy cognac — fashion and leather revenue was flat.
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In it, rum, Cognac, and even more rum tangle with a "batter" of eggs, sugar, and warm spices.
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Add cognac, and using a match or lighter, ignite to flambé, and cook until the flame dies out.
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A two-ounce pour of this Louis XIII rare cask cognac, for example, will cost you about $4,000.
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"There are places were they have been 100 percent destroyed," a spokeswoman for Cognac producers' group BNIC said.
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I'm going to Northern Italy, doing Cognac in France then Lisbon, and planning trips to Japan and Vietnam.
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Finance chief Luca Marotta told analysts that Remy's cognac sales in China were growing 13 percent on average.
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And now, at the end of my trip, it was time to see this beginning of a Cognac.
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He pointed to his bar as an explanation, stocked heavily with the vodka and cognac his clients preferred.
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LAGOS, March 210 (Reuters) - Businessmen in the Nigerian city of Lagos typically broker deals over cognac or champagne.
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The industry also calls them chocolate diamonds, and they also have been marketed as champagne, cognac and cinnamon.
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His comments contrasted with those of Remy which last month said premium cognac sales in China were recovering.
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Stripping out this factor, sales fell 8 percent in the first half though cognac did better than whiskey.
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Total sales outpaced sales of other adult beverages in the same year, including tequila, cognac and Irish whiskey.
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"We wouldn&apost put out a cognac with a swastika on it, would we?" said Luciw-Andryjowycz to CBC.
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People bought 17.6% more Irish Whiskey, 6.4% more bourbon, 18.8% more cognac and 7.4% more tequila than in 2015.
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Juicy and delicious as that chop was, its sauce — an intensely rich cranberry-cognac reduction — elevated it still higher.
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I order an incredible cocktail with cognac, smoked black tea, and lemon simple syrup that tastes like magic ($13).
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The aluminum body is wrapped in a leather finish that comes in four colors: black, red, cognac, and white.
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As his friend shopped for shoes, Lamar retreated to a bar inside the mall, and went for the Cognac.
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Add cognac, and using a match or lighter, ignite to flambé, and cook until the flame dies out. 3.
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Top sellers include Moet champagne, Hennessy cognac and Johnny Walker whiskey, in some cases for over $100 a bottle.
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The cognac gives it some seasoned brightness and smoke, while the truffles add a layer of earthiness and depth.
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Whenever he managed to hunt down a cube, he'd take a sip of his cognac, as if in celebration.
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The aromas will vary with the age of the cognac, but the most present scents are vanilla, nuts, flowers.
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Palazzi has a theory that this lends itself to a suspicious outlook and Cognac producers' famously tight-lipped nature.
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He enjoyed his whiskey, beer and cognac, Mr. Martínez said, and seemed to have a particular fondness for women.
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Variations on the Moscow Mule and gin-and-tonic are the specialties, including a cognac and tonic (262 euros).
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So maybe make Regina Schrambling's terrific recipe for beef stew with Dijon mustard and cognac for dinner this evening?
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This includes multiple dining venues and lounging areas, including a bar called The Humidor that serves cigars and cognac.
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In fact, the main grapes in this wine, colombard and ugni blanc, are better known as components of Cognac.
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It wants exclusive use of the name Pisco, just as France demands to be the sole producer of Cognac.
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Cognac sales, which account for more than half the company's revenue, rose 5.5 percent year-on-year in the quarter.
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The confections don't stop at bourbon, however — you can purchase rum balls, scotch balls, cognac balls, and Irish-coffee balls.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liquor said it expected the situation to normalise in the coming quarters.
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The comparison also includes the tasty tidbit that both vodkas source water from the Gensac Springs in France's Cognac region.
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Hennessy: Founded in 1765, the famous cognac brand has since become one of the most famous liquors in the world.
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But with a mix of Hennessey cognac, Aperol, Campari and lemon, as detailed by the waiter, it wasn't a sidecar.
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In July 2011, Chris Cognac took these photos while performing a security check with workers working on partial demolition inside.
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As the cognac and plum brandy are passed around, groups of locals in black berets strike up traditional Basque songs.
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He left I.D.V. in 1982 to join Moët Hennessy, where he developed a cognac for Davidoff, then joined United Distillers.
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He stopped in a friend's room, they chanted a final Sabbath prayer, and Salita poured himself a shot of Cognac.
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For example, a SIDECAR is a cocktail made with Cognac, but it also a "Motorcycle attachment" for an additional rider.
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Design details: Two Japanese dragonsMade with: Gold, 72 champagne diamonds, 231 cognac diamonds, mother of pearl, jasperAvailability: SoldSource: Rosan Diamond
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Along one wall was a narrow black table with a large flat-screen television and a cognac leather desk chair.
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Compare that with Cognac, which annually sells around 255 million bottles worldwide, more than 240 million in the United States.
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The boot is available in four colors (cognac pebbled, black suede, taupe grey suede, and black pebbled), and retails for $225.
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Guests dined on steak (for Rodriguez) and sea bass (for Lopez), as well as fried Oreos and sipped on D'Usse Cognac.
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They experimented with a range of casks—like white Burgundy, rum, cognac, and calvados—to challenge what had been done previously.
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Even some of the cognac business in China, a category that has been challenged in recent years, has started to improve.
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Though this style is no longer available, you can shop the similar "Natacha" flats on sale in black, cognac or cranberry.
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So I ordered my poisons (a $216.42 bottle of cognac and a $215 bottle of wine) and waited for my delivery.
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I'm old enough that when someone says Sidecar, I immediately think of Cointreau, lemon juice and cognac, shaken and served up.
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As of today, Allset is also available in Manhattan, with initial restaurants including Palma, Les Halles, Mari Vanna and Brasserie Cognac.
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He threatens to rain missiles on America, while holding a fondness for basketball, Dennis Rodman, Michael Jackson and high-quality cognac.
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"Well, the day starts in the evening," Cousteau replies—his day is planned over a bottle of cognac the night before.
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The French entry, by Merlet, combines coffee brewed from Brazilian Arabica beans with Cognac, which definitely comes through on the palate.
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The French brought winemaking skills and, in exchange, got a foot in the door into a promising market for imported Cognac.
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After a first smell, we slightly swirl the cognac, bring the glass a bit closer to the nose again and inhale.
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The same concern motivates Allison Parc, the owner of Brenne, a French single malt whiskey aged partly in used Cognac casks.
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The mushrooms, infused with cognac, are joined by crisp sauerkraut and a soft scoop of pastrami-spiced whipped cauliflower and Gruyere.
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Just off the main lobby is the Cognac Room, where guests can have a quiet cup of tea, coffee, or whiskey.
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On the other hand, its third-largest market in China had a positive outlook for Martell cognac, added Pernod on Monday.
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Mr. Faury acknowledged that U.S. penalties on products like cognac, wine and other agricultural goods and industrial products hurt small producers.
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Mr. Farber uses French-built Charentais stills, the same as Cognac makers, and he ages his brandy exclusively in French oak.
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Vuitton's parent group LVMH, the Paris-based conglomerate behind other fashion brands like Christian Dior and Hennessy cognac, declined to comment.
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Sales of cognac and other luxury goods fell in China following a government crackdown on corruption and conspicuous consumption in 2014.
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Before kicking off its All-Star festivities, the NBA announced a multi-year partnership with cognac maker Hennessy earlier this week.
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But Armagnac is to Cognac what mezcal is to tequila — a drink mainly produced by small operators rather than large conglomerates.
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The pendant's also littered with Cognac diamonds for Cudi's face, canary diamonds for Cudi's rings and blue diamonds for the pants.
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In pictures published by X17, the former NBA pro was spotted sipping on cognac at the Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liquor is accelerating a drive to sell higher-priced spirits to boost profit margins.
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Sotheby's on Saturday sold a bottle of Louis XIII Cognac for $134,750, making it one of the most expensive bottles ever auctioned.
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The auction house said the cognac sale was part of more than $803 million worth of wine it sold over the Sept.
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Rum punch is almost a misnomer here, since this big-batch cocktail also has a bottle each of cognac, sherry, and wine.
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Various people have received invitations for their descendants to attend the film's premiere at the brand's estate in Cognac, France, in 2115.
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"The Cognac is of a very unknown brand and we don't know now how that will affect the value," Lindberg told CNN.
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Solca added the deal also reduced the risk of LVMH, whose brands include Louis Vuitton and Hennessy cognac, buying pricey, "trophy assets".
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Pernod's robust first half benefited from advance shipments of cognac in China ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year.
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The quarterly performance reflected improving demand for Martell cognac, whose sales rose 3 percent, boosted notably by the Cordon Bleu premium brand.
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Although vodka is traditional for toasting, Champagne and Cognac are also popular now in Russia, representing the new pleasures of conspicuous consumption.
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Soon I was sipping a pitch-perfect cognac Sazerac and admiring the rare bottles on illuminated shelves that reached to the ceiling.
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Treasure hunters in Scandinavia have recovered dozens of cases of cognac and liqueur from wreckage 250 feet down in the Baltic Sea.
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I have tried to become agreeability distilled to a fine cognac, my compliments so potent they could get the strongest boys drunk.
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That's especially true for Cognac, the French luxury spirit par excellence, which is consumed largely beyond the region where it is produced.
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PARIS — From Bordeaux to Cognac, French exporters hit a new record in 155.53 despite a growing cloud of economic and geopolitical anxiety.
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He grew up in an old Cognac-producing family in France, but as a young man, he took his skills to California.
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Many popular classic cocktail recipes, like the Sidecar, call for brandy, but Cognac is expensive, and many American brands are too sweet.
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Although D&aposussé is known for its hearty VSOP and XO Cognac blends, this is the house&aposs first single-barrel offering.
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This reflected an 11% rise in revenues in China, driven by double-digit growth in Martell cognac sales in the second quarter.
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Police stopped a truck that, according to its documents, was transporting plaster but was in fact carrying 66,000 bottles of counterfeit Cognac.
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Today, Jay Z has stakes in several companies, including $310 million stakes in champagne brand Armand de Brignac and his cognac brand, D'Ussé.
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Operating profit at the Remy Martin cognac division, reached 119.5 million euros in the first half, accounting for 86 percent of group profit.
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Called "L'Odyssee D'un Roi," or "Journey of a King," the liquor honored the first global shipments of Louis XIII's cognac in the 1870s.
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But the kind gentleman on the other end of the line said that he'd send over a nicer cognac at no extra charge.
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Scottie -- along with guests like Kourtney Kardashian, Ludacris, Omarion and L.A. Reid -- ate (steak and salmon) and drank super expensive Louis XIII cognac.
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It made 16 billion glass bottles and jars last year and is the main supplier of bottles for France's champagne and cognac industries.
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As the developing world has slowed, it has hit corporate Europe disproportionately hard, from banks to cognac distillers and makers of luxury handbags.
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Large French cognac groups like Pernod Ricard (Martell), LVMH (Hennessy) and Remy Cointreau (Remy Martin) have reported strong sales to China last year.
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After sliding into a banquette at Brasserie Cognac, a French restaurant on Broadway, Eric Ripert didn't even give the lunchtime menu a glance.
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One can easily imagine perusing these essays while comfortably ensconced in an overstuffed chair by the fire, a snifter of cognac in hand.
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This year's Utopias was finished in Cognac and Madeira barrels and blended with a small amount of tart Kosmic Mother Funk wild ale.
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Analysts had been expecting first quarter cognac sales to be held back by inventory reductions following recent price increases and destocking in China.
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Jerome Royer, a fifth-generation Royer, lives down the street, and his son Nicolas works in the United States to promote the Cognac.
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African-Americans are the most likely demographic group to prefer spirits like whiskey or Cognac over beer or wine, according to Nielsen research.
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Operating profit at the Remy Martin cognac division, which makes over 80% of group profit, reached 126.9 million euros in the first half.
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She topped off the sleek, boardroom-ready look with complementary cognac-hued accessories: a thin belt with a gold buckle and suede heels.
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They had no vodka or cognac, but yes, there was beer and wine, and yes, I could bring it back to my seat.
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She was not having any of that "3.4 ounces or under" rule, especially if it meant parting with her $200 bottle of Cognac.
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Headquartered in Paris, LVMH was created in 1987 when the fashion house Louis Vuitton merged with Moët Hennessy, the champagne and cognac producer.
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But cognac sales rose 6.4 percent year-on-year in the last three months of 2015, as wholesalers ordered stock for retailers and restaurants.
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Another, wagering a bottle of cognac on the discovery of a sparticle by June 2016, was settled, in the sceptic's favour, over the summer.
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The entire Cognac vineyard has also been severely impacted, industry group BNIC said, calling the situation "very worrying," with new frosts forecast for tonight.
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Spirits exports hit a record high of 4.3 billion euros in 2018, up 1.8% on 2017, mainly boosted by Cognac, liqueurs and rum sales.
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I ordered a bottle of cognac for $27, which after tax ($2.43), tip ($2.00), delivery fee ($5.00), and my discount (-$20) came to $16.42.
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Remy's sales had been helped by strong demand for its premium cognac in China, and it kept its target for profit growth this year.
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Sitting alone in front of the fire, drinking cognac while wistfully looking at photos of the "legendary" Comedy Cellar "Comics' Table" on his iPad?
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The ingredient that makes the shake stand out, however, is an ounce of Remy Martin Louis 13 cognac, which costs over $3,200 per bottle.
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Bite-size lollipops of the $22-per-pound meat are served with a peppercorn au poivre dipping sauce infused with $27,2500 Louis XIII cognac.
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After a few lean years in China, LVMH, Pernod Ricard and Remy Cointreau have had a rebound in sales of cognac in the country.
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Cognac sales alone eased 0.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, a sharp slowdown from 12.3 percent growth in the fourth quarter.
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Let me explain: the track exists only on a water soluble clay disc which lives in the cellars of the cognac brand Louis XIII.
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Some of the best-known protected products include Parmesan and Champagne, but everything from Prosciutto di Parma to Cognac to Roquefort are protected, too.
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I had come to the Cognac region to learn more about the eponymous spirit, and understanding this essential ingredient was part of my orientation.
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Many of these smaller labels are in Jarnac, a town with a jumble of narrow streets that is a 15-minute drive from Cognac.
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I would be in a vineyard with a small cognac maker, and if I asked the guy what the weather is, he wouldn't answer.
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At night, it switches from coffee to cocktails — try the Martini, made with cocoa-nib infused cognac, Kahlúa, cold brew and crème de cacao.
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On the short list of mixed drinks, I didn't object to the iced tea with Cognac, which tasted like a Southeast Asian milk punch.
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She and her parents went over to the cousin's home with chocolates and a bottle of Cognac that Agnes had brought from the city.
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The Valley prizes overweening ambition but expects it to be "rifle-focussed" on making the world's best houseboat-rental platform or Cognac-delivery service.
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The Last Mango in Paris transports you to the tropics with mango puree, and also surprises and delights with Lillet, Pierre Ferrand Cognac, and lemon.
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China, where Campari currently sells mainly its vodka brand, has recently cut its import tariffs on a range of food and beverage products including cognac.
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Think again; the cognac, which dates back to the 1870s, is likely an investment by a wine aficionado, but one who values profit over taste.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liqueur said its strategy of focusing on premium products to boost profit margins was delivering strong results.
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Chapoulaud-Floquet, 56, will continue to exercise her mandate until the arrival of her successor, the maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liqueur said.
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Over a five year span, I've seen men approach women like they were smoother than an aged cognac, but in reality just made women uncomfortable.
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Nevertheless, the maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liquor maintained its full-year outlook, targeting a pick up in sales from the second quarter.
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The Times reports that hailstones totally wrecked 6 percent of vineyards in Bordeaux, as well as 14 percent of the brandy-centric vines in Cognac.
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As a result, Remy's cognac sales reached 209.1 million euros in the fourth quarter, a rise of 7.9 percent on a like-for-like basis.
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Ricard declined to comment on the likelihood that Elliott would seek a seat on the board of the maker of Absolut vodka and Martell cognac.
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Born in the department of Charente in western France, he left school at 22001 and went to work in the family cognac business in London.
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It's also where you'll find cool limited-edition products such as the Game of Thrones collection and rare beauties such as $3,650 Louis XIII cognac.
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Wash it all down with a Queen Anne's lace cognac cocktail and you too may begin to appreciate the beauty in Queen Anne's spattered handiwork.
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After sinking my teeth into the sweet, creamy filling loaded with rare cognac, white truffles, fresh vanilla and crunchy Italian biscotti, I had my answer.
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It is the sort of place where you might expect to see a luxuriously whiskered gent settling down with the Daily Telegraph and a cognac.
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French-based spirits maker Remy Cointreau last week warned over the potential impact of the virus outbreak on demand for its premium cognac in China.
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Champagne is about 90 miles northeast of Paris, and it&aposs a region known for exceptionally sweet grapes, hence the widely beloved Champagne grape Cognac.
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The aesthetic is slightly industrial, featuring bold brass finishes, walnut wood, black steel accents, and lots of cognac leather, plus gentle grays and navy blues.
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If there is a single definition of American brandy, it is a style built around robust flavors, in contrast to the muted elegance of Cognac.
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Last year, some scientists gathered in Copenhagen to pay off bets, with bottles of expensive cognac, they had made that supersymmetry would appear by now.
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Fashioned from cognac-colored diamonds in graduated shades that create a three-dimensional appearance, the butterfly's wings flap when worn, thanks to a leverlike mechanism.
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The Dom Pérignon Lounge will host DJs Niiko and Swae, while an Ice Bar will serve shots of Hennessy Cognac paired with freshly made donuts.
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Mr. Chan said that his strategic approach at Bonhams was to bring new products, such as whiskey, cognac and Leica cameras, to the auction market.
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In China, sales of cognac and other luxury goods fell across the board after a government crackdown on corruption in 2014, hurting all spirits makers.
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The drink actually sounds pretty nice, a combination of cognac, cointreau and lemon, served in a sugared "coupe," or stemmed glass with a rounded bowl.
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More than 210 percent of the Cognac sold on the American market comes from one of four major brands: Hennessy, Courvoisier, Rémy Martin and Martell.
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A nearby monitor features Dara Birnbaum's "Remy/Grand Central: Trains and Boats and Planes" (21991), a work commissioned by the French cognac producer Rémy Martin.
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Jay-Z is getting all his businesses in the hurricane relief game ... first his music sharing site TIDAL and now his 40/40 Club and cognac.
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To like these headphones, you'll have to be a fan of the color brown — or "cognac and mocha," in Focal's words — because there's no other option.
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Also in attendance were Perez's wife Desiree, JAY-Z's cousin Emory Jones, and Big Bo, one of brand ambassadors for the star's D'USSE Cognac, among others.
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In the fourth quarter alone, demand during the Chinese New Year festivities in February lifted cognac sales by 18.3 percent on a like-for-like basis.
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Others say it's a bottle of Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande that went for more than $2 million, though it's unclear if it actually sold.
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ET adds that the safe, along with the not-made-of-vinyl vinyl, will be obliterated completely if either is drenched in water or, presumably, cognac.
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Before saying au revoir to Cannes, they also stopped at Le Cesar for an intimate dinner where they shared the house specialty – spaghetti flamb in cognac.
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Wet your hands with a little cognac and pack the mix into the bacon-lined terrine, pushing out air bubbles without disturbing the bacon lining. 5.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French spirits company Remy Cointreau expressed confidence over its growth prospects in China, where robust demand for its premium cognac underpinned annual sales growth.
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It's one of the last remaining bottles of Cognac that exists from before Phylloxera mites (a type of louse) destroyed vines in France in the 1870s.
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The chops oozed herbed fontina stuffing, and while the cognac brown sauce was uninspired, the sheer bulk of the dish more than made up for it.
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I wish I could say that all that truffle and cognac and vanilla and gold made for a level of epicurean opulence impossible to actually stomach.
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Pernod said it had achieved good sales growth in both India and China, with strong demand for Martell cognac and Chivas whisky in the Chinese market.
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Pernod Ricard, which manufactures and sells various alcoholic drinks including Absolut Vodka and Martell cognac, does not publish sales records of Jacob's Creek wines to China.
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Pernod reiterated that it expected second-half sales growth to moderate notably for Martell cognac in China but Ricard told Reuters he remained confident on China.
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I did not, so I decided to aggressively wash the can and then pour its contents into a very nice French cognac snifter, because why not?
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Cognac sales advanced by 15.6 percent in the third quarter, accelerating from 12 percent growth in the second quarter, and beating analysts' expectations of 13.3 percent.
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Their potency drops over time, and the Cognac comes to fruition at an alcoholic strength of 40 percent by blending eaux-de-vie of different ages.
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There's a photo on it of some 65-year-old bald black dude in a towel drinking a Cognac, petting a tiger, and it's absolutely ridiculous.
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It's as though a formation of handsome men, all in smart suits, drank too much cognac and emptied the contents of their stomachs all at once.
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My cognac Sazerac was beautifully balanced and aromatic, the juicy bar hamburger the best I'd had in the country, and the crowd was friendly and fun.
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The platform, codenamed "Project Cognac," will feature a handful of games from outside developers designed to work specifically in the Snapchat app, according to the report.
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Inside, quilted Cognac Nappa leather and brushed aluminum trim dominate with subtle gray poplar wood accents and multicolor ambient LED lighting adding to the premium feel.
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However, there is a clue - that people are trying to sip different alcohol products and cognac is right there and the brown spirits whisky is burgeoning.
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That leapt to 15 percent in the first quarter, led by demand for Martell cognac, but also for brands such as Ballantine's scotch and Absolut vodka.
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A special feature of every reunion was the crew sharing a cognac in silver goblets with each Raider's name engraved right-side up and upside-down.
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Changes Remy Cointreau made to its distributors' network in China and Chinese wholesalers' caution had weighed on group cognac sales, causing a 7.1 percent dip from April.
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Wedged in Los Angeles's design-fertile District La Brea, the Den's cozy vibes are thanks to a mosaic of succulents, cognac leather sofas and traditional zafu cushions.
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The boost comes in part from increased demand for Louis Vuitton handbags and Hennessy cognac among Chinese consumers that's helped raise LVMH's share price 43% this year.
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But the highlight was the group toast ... where 100 people each raised a glass of Louis XIII cognac -- which goes for $350 per shot at the hotel.
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Nevertheless, the maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liquor expected sales growth to accelerate from the second quarter, and the company kept its full-year outlook.
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This cocktail is an ode to that holiday, with a spice-laden pumpkin syrup and plenty of apple brandy and cognac to keep you warm until Beltane.
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Pro bartender Aaron Polsky helped us create this riff on the classic Manhattan with high proof bourbon and cognac to help you celebrate the Festival of Lights.
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In addition to the cognac, the drink also includes Bacardi Reserve Limitada rum, 15-year Drambuie whiskey and a selection of 15-year-old Speyside malt whiskeys.
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"We see the fast-growing upper middle class driving strong consumption growth for our upmarket cognac brands," the company's Chief Financial Officer Luca Marotta said last month.
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Utopias has an ABV of 28% and is made using a time-intensive brewing process that combines aged extreme beers in wooden port, Cognac, and Madeira barrels.
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The process involves mixing egg yolks with mustard and ketchup, then stirring in sunflower oil at just the right pace before carefully adding Worcestershire sauce and cognac.
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For curtain calls, he quickly changes into what he calls his "Mao suit," sweats through that, then escapes offstage for a cognac or whiskey and a shower.
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In Norway, where the domestic market is robust, aquavits are a premium liquor, traditionally aged in sherry casks and enjoyed after dinner like a Cognac or Scotch.
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But a Belgian friend convinced his grandfather to distribute in that country after the war, so our small scale Cognac maker has a clientele in Brussels, too.
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Here are some things you should know about T-Pain: his house full of unopened drum machines, he loves expensive cognac, and he's a prolific Twitch streamer.
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Cole met up with him in Midtown Manhattan to try to sell D'Usse de Leche, a spin off dulce de leche made with Jay Z's D'Usse cognac.
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The emergency medical workers failed in their duty to protect him, the lawsuit contends, even from himself, in his inebriated state — attributed to a bottle of cognac.
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For the master bedroom, which has a palette that evokes Dutch master paintings (cerulean, cognac, tangerine), Parente designed a textured brass headboard shaped like a folding screen.
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In that period, super premium brandy and cognac grew 26.2%, American whiskey grew 16.9%, gin grew 14.7%, and tequila and mezcal grew 9.7%, according to the council.
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Well, a pair of Kings â€" DeMarcus Cousins and Matt Barnes â€" made the best of the situation with Philadelphia's most famous dish and a bottle of cognac.
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As a result, Remy shifted its focus to the United States, which is now its top market for cognac, but demand in China has been picking up again.
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Much like Parmigiano-Reggiano and Cognac, Champagne retains a protected designation of origin (PDO) throughout the EU and therefore is shielded from imitations and interlopers in various ways.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac, Cointreau liqueur and Mount Gay Rum beat market expectations with a return to sales growth that boosted its shares by 5 percent.
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The new 100 million-euro plant will lift Hennessy's annual production capacity from 2019-20 onwards to 10 million crates of Cognac bottles, up from 7 million now.
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CNBC reported that Sotheby's recently sold a century-old bottle of Louis XIII Cognac for $134,750, making it one of the most expensive bottles of wine ever auctioned.
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North Korea has a thriving black market in everything from computers to fine cognac, oiled by corrupt Chinese customs officials along its 1,400km (870-mile) border with China.
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Remy Cointreau, which makes the Louis XIII luxury cognac that sells for over $2,000 a bottle, would be particularly vulnerable to a slowdown in China, analysts have said.
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Société des Produits Marnier Lapostolle was founded in 1827 and has produced its signature product, Grand Marnier, a blend of cognac and essence of bitter orange, since 1880.
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Another ray of light came through the form of China's unquenched thirst for cognac which helped French spirits group Remy Cointreau deliver stronger-than-expected third quarter revenues.
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The persona is marked by a healthy sexual appetite, with songs like "Big Ole Freak" and "Cognac Queen" setting the tone for a wild night in the bedroom.
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This Japanese incense from L'Objet summons the heady days of Paris 1969 with a sexy scent infused with cognac and lipstick with undertones of incense, leather and caramel.
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Storie Veneziane's Gaggia Medio ($420) softens the sharpness of cardamom with smooth amber and Ojai Wild's Chamomile Flowers ($110) perks up the mellow plant with grapefruit and cognac.
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The lobby's gorgeous interiors look plucked from a set of "Mad Men," with patterned red-and-cream carpeting and curved cognac-leather couches illuminated by golden pendant lamps.
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Wines from the Cognac, Bergerac, and Lot-et-Garonne regions had also been affected, Bernard Farges, head of the Syndicat des vins Bordeaux et Bordeaux Supérieur, told Reuters.
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Global spirit makers are giving conflicting views on the Chinese market, with French rival Remy Cointreau and Hennessy cognac owner LVMH having pointed to a rebound in China.
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Carter has also invested in and launched companies including D'Ussé, a cognac he co-owns with Bacardi; Armand de Brignac, a champagne; and Tidal, a music-streaming service.
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In honor of the milestone, D&aposussé, a brand the billionaire rapper jointly owns with Bacardi, released a limited edition of their Cognac, which will retail for $5,000.
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Alison Roman's stew remained at the top this week, along with dijon and cognac stew (above), Melissa Clark's farro broccoli bowl and more in the collection below. cooking
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Choosing clear alcohol like vodka, which has few of those toxic congeners, compared to the brown ones like cognac and whiskey, which have a bunch, can help too.
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Meanwhile, vodka—as well as other favourites like wine, cognac, and imported spirits—are facing a plethora of regulations, especially over where and when you can buy them.
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I was a chef at a restaurant before I opened Cure, and I wanted to put boudin noir on the menu—very classic with chestnuts and apples and Cognac.
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In addition to the free space, comped bottles of D'Usse for the first hour -- Jay's cognac -- will be flowing for anyone who donates items or money to relief efforts.
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Priced from $325 to $395, the circular satchel is available in a standard and a large size, in fall-ready colorways like raspberry, cognac, and the requisite snake print.
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That way, if the phone rings, or you get a text message and forget where you are and have to dump the drink, you're not throwing out the cognac.
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Sales in its wine and spirits unit were better than expected in the fourth quarter, but were still constrained last year by stock shortages in its Hennessy cognac label.
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That plan includes eight pledges to undertake socially responsible business habits, such as preserving and looking after the land used to produce its Martell cognac or Mumm champagne brands.
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Once the absinthe has been poured out, Gibson adds Sazerac rye, Martell VS cognac, sugar syrup, and Peychaud's bitters (for the pink tinge), and two dashes of Angostura bitter.
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Treasure hunters in Scandinavia, however, have recovered dozens of cases of cognac and liqueur from a far more unusual location: 250 feet under the surface of the Baltic Sea.
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The company said that the ship was carrying 50 cases of cognac, branded "De Haartman & Co.," and 15 cases of liqueur, branded "Benedictine," a brand now owned by Bacardi.
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A premium branding strategy in the Cognac, Champagne and Bordeaux sector compensated for a historically poor harvest in 23.1, which lead to a 2003 percent fall in exported volumes.
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But LVMH said production constraints around its Hennessy cognac business, and specifically the lower-end "VS" categories that are popular in the United States, were unlikely to fade soon.
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It's made from Australian sheep's wool and features a 2.5-inch snap brim in a range of colors, from cognac to a dark blue, and is lined in satin.
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Remy Cointreau was a rare laggard, down 2.9 percent after Investec downgraded the stock, saying Chinese anti-corruption measures could affect consumption of costly status symbol products like cognac.
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As a child and into my teenage years, my father occasionally made me a concoction of Cognac, honey and hot water to relieve a sore throat and clear congestion.
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Some of them ordered a Tommy Rowles; after he had worked there for a while, a rum-and-cognac concoction named for him was added to the drink menu.
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The morels could be substituted for another wild mushroom, while the cognac and Madeira will keep on the shelf long enough that they could be put to use again.
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The latter is flanked with poached quince and seared foie gras; gaps in the plate are filled with a regal sauce cooked up from confit, cognac and red wine.
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For the 2019/20 full year, the maker of Remy Martin cognac, Cointreau liqueur and Mount Gay rum predicted a stable current operating profit, citing an uncertain geopolitical environment.
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Visitors can wash it down with a $16 Manhattan Tea Party cocktail or — if the waiter is successful with his upcharge pitch — a $150 glass of Louis XIII cognac.
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The French company said growth would continue to be fueled by strong demand for its Martell cognac and Chivas whisky in China, and for its Seagram's whiskies in India.
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Regina Schrambling wrote a recipe for just such a state back in the dark days that followed the attacks of 9/11: beef stew with Dijon mustard and cognac.
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My attempts to cook it, though, even with fine Madeira and Cognac to amplify the butter, even with a nicely set table and candles winking, were failures every time.
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The Irish Museum of Modern Art partnered with cognac producer Hennessy to establish a fund for the acquisition of works by artists not already represented in the museum's permanent collection.
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We may instead face seasonal reality, and cook Regina Schrambling's recipe for a Dijon and Cognac beef stew, first published in The Times in 2001, and comforting people ever since.
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Remy Cointreau expressed confidence in year-end profit targets last month after a recovery in demand for cognac in China and in its main U.S. market boosted half-year results.
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The owner of Mumm champagne and Martell cognac said that in a contrasted environment it would continue to improve its performance in the current year that started on July 1.
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Hennessy is looking to produce more of its lower-end "VS" stocks for the United States, the world's biggest cognac importer where the spirit is a popular base for cocktails.
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In China, where Remy Cointreau is, like its rivals, benefiting from a recovery in demand, the company is pushing its $3,000 a bottle top-of-the-range Louis XIII cognac.
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For this week's edition of Meghan Wore A Thing, we're calling out a certain pair of cognac Sarah Flint flats that she just so happens to wear on the regular.
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Jay-Z may be the first hip-hop billionaire, but he made most of his money from streaming service Tidal, his clothing line, and cognac brand D'Ussé — not hip hop.
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The retro-styled rooms also boasts a fully-stocked wet bar with Moët & Chandon Imperial Brut Champagne, Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilège Cognac and the official 007 Belvedere Martini with Belvedere Vodka.
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Like its rivals, Remy Cointreau is sensitive to demand in China, where it has been marketing premium spirits, including its $3,000 a bottle top-of-the-range Louis XIII cognac.
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But in a few years, Kim — the seemingly comical despot with voluminous hair, a taste for cognac, movies and basketball (remember Dennis Rodman?) — is not necessarily a neophyte, if impetuous.
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Pernod said in the slides its main growth driver was Jameson Irish whiskey, while there was also strong growth at brands such as Malibu rum, Martell cognac and Altos tequila.
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From there, it's a simple dump-and-stir job: blend Jamaican rum, Cognac, oloroso sherry, and red wine in your serving vessel of choice, along with your peels and tea.
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The company said its Hennessy cognac sales by volume dropped in China in the period, as its distributors worked through stocks accumulated in the first quarter for Chinese New Year.
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By far the world leader with 13.6 million cases, France is led by Marie Brizard, which ships William Peel Scotch from Scotland but also French spirits and cognac into Britain.
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Sales of Remy Martin cognac, which account for about 71 percent of group turnover, rose 12.2 percent in the second quarter, beating a rise of 11.1 percent in the first.
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The host offers everyone Cognac so old that "Napoleon was still alive when they put [it] in the bottle," while he extolls the chefs' culinary prowess, lavishing them with praise.
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By teaming up with an international spirits company, Sipsmith will be sold in markets around the world, alongside Beam's other brands which include Yamazaki whisky, Laphroaig Scotch and Courvoisier cognac.
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Cognac producers say 2000,0003 to 2000,26 hectares (22016,400 to 14,800 acres), amounting to 6-8 percent of the vineyard, were badly damaged by hailstones and heavy showers on Friday evening.
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In China, where growth of the upper-middle class is driving sales of luxury goods, shipments climbed 24.5 percent, to 13 billion euros, mainly due to cognac and Bordeaux wines.
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I own the bag in Cognac and I never tire of the classic hue, which takes on different tones depending on the lighting (you can see examples of this below).
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I confess little knowledge of President Fillmore, the last Whig Party president (1850 to 1853), but I have been an admirer of the Cognac-style brandies the company keeps producing.
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He eventually joined the Wines & Spirits division of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, overseeing sales and marketing of the brand's Champagne and cognac brands in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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There have been some notable failures: In 1689, William of Orange put stiff tariffs on French wine and cognac, starting a crippling gin craze in England that lasted several decades.
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In the restaurant's cramped and tiny kitchen, she assembled ingredients: pint deli containers of savory and tarragon and parsley, of Oregon morels, Cognac and Madeira, crème fraîche, chicken stock, cream.
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The first ever store the group has dedicated to its $3,000 per bottle Louis XIII cognac in Beijing was performing "well above targets", two months after its opening, she added.
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Pernod, which had benefited from advance cognac shipments ahead of the Chinese New Year, had flagged in February that sales growth would moderate in the second half of the year.
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Add a few other dishes to your to-do list: Dijon and cognac stew, Julia Moskin's best black bean soup or any of the recipes in the collection below. cooking
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In my stout I can add bourbon, or rum, or cognac, and like we do in the (MUNCHIES Craftwerk) video, we think it's fun to add mezcal to the IPA.
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He loves French cuisine and the giant mound of butter that you have to go through in all of the dishes, so I've been blowing through Cognac and butter like crazy.
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This hand-made dessert is sourced from a rare kind of Ecuadorean cacao once thought to be extinct and aged for 18 months in a 50-year-old French cognac barrel.
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This reflected an 13 percent jump in cognac sales driven by strong demand in China and a robust U.S. market and a 4 percent rise in the Liqueurs and Spirits division.
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The natural toned looks, full of the house's trademark leather touches, tight, corset-like waist shapes and PVC items gave way to sportier looks, in burgundy, mandarin, orange, denim and cognac.
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For this particular edition, the source material is a rare 1978 interview wherein Cousteau and radio personality Roy Leonard talk Atlantis, Cousteau's television show, the goals of his foundation, and cognac.
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You can order up plenty of pop culture libations, including the Obama Out, a cognac-based beverage; the Kimye, which is a vodka drink; and Snoop Lion, which features spiced rum.
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Finance chief Luca Marotta told analysts that Remy was "very pleased" with its performance during the Chinese New Year in February, when sales of all its cognac brands grew double-digit.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liquor said total sales were flat in April-June, also held back by advance shipments in the previous quarter ahead of price hikes.
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According to Francis Audemard, an official tasting expert to the French law courts, Wong would have found "a Cognac full of vigour" with notes of dried poppies, passion flower, and coconuts.
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Even if the cognac and liqueur are not drinkable, Ms. Schuster said, the discovery — found in a World War I-era wreckage at the bottom of the ocean — is still significant.
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Alexandre Ricard told reporters the maker of Absolut vodka and Martell cognac was looking for any impact the legalization of cannabis has on its brands but had seen none so far.
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In a news release issued last week, the company also featured photographs of its other products, like a leather iPad case labeled "iphone" next to a bottle of Rémy Martin Cognac.
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In the United States, sales rose 9.5 percent and broke the 3 billion euros mark for the first time, boosted by cognac, which accounted for 40 percent of exports in value.
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I stood in the 13th-century cellars of Delamain, a Cognac house in Jarnac, France, inhaling the sting of the colorless liquid and found myself clutching an oak cask for support.
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She led me through the interior courtyard to a room hanging with portraits, in both classic and Andy Warhol-like interpretations, of the six generations of Hine men behind the Cognac.
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At a Passover Seder, overwhelmed by cognac and Oksana's tsimmes, he recalls a piece of advice he once read: that to achieve "moderation in alcohol" one should drink only when hungry.
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There have been some notable failures: In 1689, King William of Orange put stiff tariffs on French wine and cognac, starting a crippling gin craze in England that lasted 50 years.
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The Hennessy manufacturer said cognac stock shortages in the last three months of the year, an issue it regularly faces in the United States, had also had an impact on sales.
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Like Champagne and cognac, bourbon's name protection relies largely on trade deals that set standards and definitions; without them, foreign distillers are surely tempted to slap "bourbon" on anything they want.
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It's also home to the only Washington restaurant President Trump patronizes, which is a steakhouse that serves a $150 glass of Louis XIII cognac and a $22 cheesecake lollipop tree dessert.
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Demand for Remy Cointreau cognac however started to improve in China in the second half of the year.. Chapoulaud-Floquet told Reuters: "We should have positive sales in China this year".
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The incredibly regal shoe — with its plush, cognac velvet outer and rich, embroidered flowers — dressed up a low-key (if textbook) summer outfit of a plain black bodysuit paired with denim cutoffs.
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Marotta told analysts the company's recent advertising campaigns on Remy Martin and the Louis XII luxury cognac brands and its growing use of social media in China may have also boosted sales.
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A strong performance from the maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liquor, partly driven by a rebound in demand in China, had led some analysts to expect a higher profit forecast.
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The owner of Absolut vodka, Martell cognac and Mumm champagne kept its target for a rise of 25 to 4 percent in profit from recurring operations for the year to June 30.
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In China, sales rose 4 percent in the first half, an acceleration from 1 percent growth in the first quarter, helped by cognac shipments ahead of the Chinese New Year in January.
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The Italian group, whose French liqueur Grand Marnier contains cognac as its main ingredient, said it would pay 52.2 million euros ($62 million) for the business, which dates back almost 200 years.
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Given the performance contained within those glamorous cognac walls, I'd say Focal has done an amazing job of reducing the need for additional equipment to get the most out of the Stellia.
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Coming in at under $200, it's handmade from Italian leather and features a sleek pointed toe and half-inch stacked heel, and is available in four colors: black, cognac, oxblood, and blush.
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Next up a walk with her dog Dewey (above, right) before heading off to sound check for a set at Vandal restaurant for Rémy Martin's National Cognac Day celebration later that evening.
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PARIS, April 18 (Reuters) - French spirits company Remy Cointreau reported higher annual sales, helped by strong demand for its premium cognac in China, and kept its target for profit growth this year.
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The group, which makes Remy Martin cognac and Mount Gay rum, said sales came in at 1.127 billion euros ($1.39 billion) for its 2017/18 full financial year, which ended March 31.
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Revenue growth at LVMH's spirits and wines division eased to 4 percent between July and September, from 6 percent in the previous three months, as supply constraints hit its cognac brand, Hennessy.
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Leave it to chef Naomi Pomeroy to take it to the next level; after all, she did teach us how to upgrade our turkey via a spiced cognac brine and truffle butter.
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Related: Jacques Cousteau Talks Atlantis and Cognac in This Playful Animated Interview Frank Lloyd Wright Interview Gets New, Animated Life An Inspiring Animation of Stephen King Talking About the Power of Dreams
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The group, whose other key brands inlude Dior, Fendi, Hennessy cognac and jeweller Bulgari, said that in an environment that remained uncertain it approached the second half of the year with caution.
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We told us about a new strain of marijuana that's like "the Cognac of weed," and revealed that yes, he has been stoned and drunk off his mezcal at the same time.
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Recovered FCF Generation FCF recovered strongly in FY16 to EUR0.6bn or 6.6% of revenue (FY15: 1.6%) mostly due to reduced working capital outflows following lower investments in ageing whisky and cognac inventories.
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Spirits exports continued to grow, with sales up 1.8 percent to 4.3 billion euros, still driven by cognac, exports of which rose 1.7 percent in value last year to 3.1 billion euros.
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A few preparations point toward higher culinary aspirations, like mussels steamed in a garlicky beer broth pepped up with herbs and Old Bay, or an opulently creamy, Cognac-rich chicken-liver pâté.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liquor, which is trying to sell more of its higher-priced spirits to boost profits, also kept its full-year profit growth guidance intact.
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You could roughly chop a mixture of dried fruit and mix it with a spoonful of Cognac and let it all steam inside the cheese, sinking into the Camembert as it roasts.
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When they searched the van, they found nearly 2,123 bottles of top-shelf cognac and a pack of razor blades, which they surmised had been used to remove the bottles' tax stamps.
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"In Cognac, the soil is dominant, and they use a neutral grape, so all the character comes from the soil," said Hubert Germain-Robin, widely considered the godfather of modern American brandy.
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The owner of Mumm champagne, Absolut vodka and Martell cognac kept its forecast for underlying operating profit growth of between 2 percent and 4 percent in the full year to June 30.
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Distillers in France, for example, have drawn on homegrown traditions associated with Cognac and eaux de vie to produce what is arguably a distinct style (with its own substyles) of French whiskey.
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The owner of Absolut vodka, Martell cognac and Jameson whiskey said it was expecting a rise of 1 percent to 3 percent in underlying operating profit for the year ending June 30.
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The entrepreneur and Grammy-winning rapper commissioned a special edition of super-premium D&aposussé Cognac, a brand he jointly owns with Bacardi, the largest privately-owned spirits company in the world.
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Last year the United States edged out China as the company's top market after a Chinese government crackdown on ostentatious spending, but figures showed premium cognac sales in China were starting to recover.
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Here are some things you should know about T-Pain: He has a house full of unopened drum machines, he loves expensive cognac, and he plays 16 hours of video games a day.
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Cognac sales, which contribute 65 percent to group revenue, jumped 18.7 percent in the quarter, up from 6.2 percent growth in the fourth quarter and also above analysts' expectations of 11.7 percent growth.
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"Thanks to the super premium brand Bisquit cognac and its strong heritage, we further enhance our premium brands portfolio, driving a richer product mix," Campari CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz said in a statement.
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Houston Texans rookie defensive back KJ Dillon got stuck with a $16,000 dinner bill Monday night after a big night out with some of his teammates ... a night that included $7,700 in cognac!!!
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He asked her what her favorite foods were and what alcoholic beverage she preferred – which turned out to be Cognac with a twist of lemon – and made sure he had them on hand.
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Weighing in at more than two-and-a-half pounds and fashioned like a wrapped present, the bomb uses orange oil, lime, and a swig of cognac oil to help revive tired spirits.
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The work borrows its aesthetic from early Nintendo games and anime shows like Cowboy Bebop, but set on a surreal island replete with dragons, tanks, cognac, and, of course, naked girls playing tennis.
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The group saw robust demand for its premium cognac in the United States, its largest market, in the first quarter and said sales in China were improving and should continue to pick up.
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Similarly, Courvoisier cognac, a less-expensive brand from Beam Suntory, is offering new tours of Paris and expanded tour options at its chateau in Jarnac, France, the latter priced from €12 to €250.
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But Diageo, the maker of Johnnie Walker Scotch, Captain Morgan rum, Smirnoff and Ketel One vodka, Hennessy Cognac and Tanqueray gin wanted to break into tequila, and Casamigos marked a high-growth opportunity.
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CreditCreditEdwin J. Torres for The New York Times For years Freddy Collazo watched death pool in sidewalk cracks and on basketball courts, leaving behind votive candles and bottles of a victim's favorite cognac.
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The world's second-biggest spirits group behind Diageo also raised its profit growth outlook for 2018/19 after beating first-half operating profit forecasts helped by strong demand for premium cognac in China.
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The landscape I saw has had vines since Roman times, but the origins of Cognac go back only to the 16th century when Dutch merchants came to the region to buy white wines.
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French spirits group Remy Cointreau posted a worse-than-expected 11.3% fall in third quarter like-for-like revenues, as demand for cognac in Hong Kong was impacted by protests in the region.
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The plan was they'd shake some hands, take some pics and promote their respective brands -- 50 with his top-shelf Branson Cognac, Le Chemin Du Roi Champagne and RJ with his Raycon earbuds.
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By purchasing one of her signature geometric top-handle Nina bags, in cognac calf leather ($1,995), for example, you'll be helping provide food, livestock and clean water to help families survive the drought.
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Shares in European luxury goods, including British fashion brand Burberry Group Plc, and drinks companies, such as Frances Remy Cointreau SA, rose on Thursday, after the tariffs excluded cognac, Champagne and leather goods.
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The night's special cocktails were "the Melania," a $22019 watermelon and vodka concoction served in flutes with a lemon peel, and "the Trump," described as an old fashioned made with cognac for $30.
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White tapers burn on every table, wall sconces throw off Cognac-colored light from behind lampshades the size of teacups, a collection of thin flowery china dishes supplements the chunky white bistro ware.
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With the acquisition, the world's sixth-largest premium spirit maker also hopes to increase its growth potential in the United States and China, two markets where sales of premium cognac are on the rise.
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Still, I'd envisioned working on my opus in Paris, sipping cognac in my own Café de Flore or Les Deux Magots, belonging to a new, artsy expatriate coterie of Hemingways and Steins and Fitzgeralds.
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"In 2004, when I first arrived in China, Scotch was leading the category by volume—in particular, Chivas Regal Scotch whiskey," explains Thomas Menier, Asia regional manager for French Cognac producer Distillerie Tessendier & Fils.
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French spirits company Remy Cointreau reported higher annual sales and kept its target for profit growth for the full year, although demand for its premium cognac slowed down in China during the final quarter.
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" 'Sorry'"Me and my ladies sip my D'Ussé cup" is a reference to Cognac brand D'Ussé, which Jay partnered with in 2012 and has been name-checked in multiple songs, including "Drunk in Love.
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French spirits group Remy Cointreau posted an 11.8 percent rise in first-half like-for-like current operating profits, helped by robust demand for its premium cognac in China and in the United States.
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Pub chain JD Wetherspoon's Chairman Tim Martin said that the company will ditch several EU-made tipples, including German herbal liquor Jägermeister and French brandies Courvoisier VS and Hennessy Fine de Cognac starting Sept.
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Remy's Louis XIII luxury cognac - which sells for over $3,000 a bottle - has been in demand in China but has also benefited from growing demand from rich consumers elsewhere, especially in the United States.
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Pernod - the world's second-biggest spirits group behind Britain's Diageo - also handed investors a 7 percent dividend hike, and the owner of Mumm champagne and Martell cognac was confident it would improve its performance.
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His body now lies at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris and his heart, after a brief stay with the Nazis, is preserved in alcohol, probably cognac, at the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Mount Gay rum, which is trying to sell more of its higher priced spirits to boost profit, kept its target for profit growth for the full year.
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Servings: 1Prep: 2 minutesTotal: 5 minutes Ingredients3 ounces cold brew concentrate2 ounces Bailey's Irish Cream1 ounce brandy or cognac Directions Add the cold brew, Bailey's, and brandy to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
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Sales of cognac, which contribute 59 percent of group revenue, fell 0.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter through June 30, a sharp slowdown from 12.3 percent growth in the previous quarter.
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It would depend on many factors, including when the alcohol was sealed and bottled, the specific type of cognac and liqueur, and whether any ocean water or other bacteria had leaked into the bottles.
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First he bought the couple a $5,000 bottle of cognac at a dinner in New York City and offered to pay for a lavish dress for Ms McDonnell to wear to the inaugural ball.
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And rather than the big hops of an IPA or chocolate/coffee/malty taste of a stout or porter, the taste is closer to a cognac, with notes of butterscotch, maple syrup and plums.
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Check out the players lettin' loose with "big shots" of cognac and getting cozy with their shiny new Lombardi Trophy while Meek's "Dreams and Nightmares" -- the team's unofficial anthem -- got the entire room jumping.
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Mr. Jang also mobilized North Korean diplomats abroad to import Danish dairy products, Black Sea caviar, French cognac and Japanese electronics — gifts Mr. Kim handed out during his parties to keep his elites loyal.
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One prolonged sequence early on finds the two men enjoying a tipple or two — cognac, bien sûr — which allows Mr. Conti to reprise the drunk acting he has done on many a previous occasion.
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One time she gave him theatre tickets, another an expensive bottle of cognac, and then he demanded that she give him her place on the waiting list to buy an imported dining-room set.
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In scenes of Churchill's increasingly uneasy sittings with Sutherland, he's a Lear-like figure, consumed by gloom, defiance and anger — none of which are improved by his addictions to French cognac and Cuban cigars.
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My ignorance wasn't the exception, according to my guide, Madeleine Marchand, the founder of the Bordeaux-based travel company Bordeaux Excellence, who used to work at Remy Martin to distribute Cognac in eastern Asia.
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Mr. Lein recalled that whenever he went to his favorite restaurant in St. Petersburg in the 21992s, there was always a bottle of cognac waiting at a table that had been reserved for him.
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Mr. Chichvarkin, who met for an interview in a fashionably moth-eaten pink cardigan and gaudy pantaloons, now owns Hedonism, a Mayfair wine shop where one bottle of vintage cognac is priced at $340,000.
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There's nothing distant or pedantic, however, about Vogler's bracing, deeply personal narrative of his travels through the homelands of Calvados, Cognac, Armagnac, rum, scotch and mezcal, in search of the soul of those spirits.
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The raiders had planned to hold annual public reunions until only two remained, when they were to uncork a bottle of cognac — vintage 1896, the year of Doolittle's birth — for a private final toast.
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The owner of Absolut vodka, Martell cognac and Mumm champagne told its British trading partners this month and made the announcement as Prime Minister Theresa May filed Britain's formal Brexit divorce papers on Wednesday.
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PARIS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - French spirits maker Remy Cointreau said falling tourism in Hong Kong hurt cognac sales in its second quarter, as the group reported a decline in comparable revenue for the period.
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Pernod, which makes Martell cognac, issued the forecast as it posted first-half results that nevertheless beat forecasts, helped by cost cuts and shipments tied to the earlier timing of the Chinese New Year.
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Bartenders love it because many classic cocktail recipes call for brandy, and new American expressions like Copper & Kings emphasize flavor and power over the more subtle notes found in Old World brandies like Cognac.
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Demand for cognac in Hong Kong was impacted by protests in the region while slow stock replenishment in the United States, and changes in distribution contracts in Europe, also weighed on the third quarter.
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Later, CNBC first reported in December that the USTR was weighing tariffs of up to 100% on European products the administration had previously absolved from such duties, including Irish and Scotch whiskies and Cognac.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Chanel shoes, McDonald's french fries, iPhones, cognac, lacy lingerie, and machine guns are just a few of the consumer goods you can purchase for the dead in China.
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Remy Martin cognac, which makes over 80% of the company's profit, saw operating profit rise 18% to 13 million euros, driven by strong demand in the Asia Pacific region, notably China, and the United States.
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Cognac-based liqueur Grand Marnier also outperformed many of Campari's regional brands, with sales up 10 percent thanks to a good performance in the United States, where the group had recently strengthened its distribution capabilities.
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The company, which makes Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liquor, said that adjusted for this on-off effect, like-for-like sales growth would have been around 6 percent in the quarter ended Dec. 31.
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The acquisitive businessman - whose sprawling LVMH group, the world's biggest luxury goods producer, includes fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton and champagne label Moet & Chandon - ruled out buying up rival cognac makers to fix shortages.
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Save the Tom and Jerry, the hot-temperature version of eggnog, for after dinner, as its sweet, spicy flavors are paired with two types of rum and Cognac—and could put you right to sleep.
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Pernod Ricard beat first-half earnings forecasts on Thursday helped by higher Chinese demand for its Martell cognac and U.S. sales of Jameson Irish whiskey but kept its outlook unchanged as Indian sales growth slowed.
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Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas offers a $1,500 Sazerac, which includes a rare Hardy Thoroughbred Cognac, VEP Green Chartreuse, Demerara sugar, Peychaud's Bitters, La Clandestine Absinthe Rinse and lemon oil, according to the resort.
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Teams of marketers are now told to push a brand for each such experience: the firm's tequila when American friends gather to watch sport; its cognac at Chinese weddings; gin for Spaniards sharing an aperitif.
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Pernod, the world's second-largest spirits group after Diageo, said growth would continue to be fuelled by strong demand for its Martell cognac and Chivas whisky in China, and for its Seagram's whiskies in India.
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The L.A. Rams superstar was celebrating his cover of the Haute Living Los Angeles magazine at Mr. C on Monday ... and everybody in attendance was drinking Louis XIII cognac -- which runs around $3,000 a bottle!!
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As the chefs drain their glasses of Cognac, the Russian's squirrely Japanese "physical therapist" informs the assembled chefs that they are about to play a game of hyakumonogatari kaidankai, the game of 100 ghost stories.
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He said he had served athletes steroid-spiked cocktails mixed with cognac and vermouth, while Russia's secret police, the Federal Security Service (FSB), had cracked the supposedly foolproof urine-sample bottles used in international competition.
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Dried scallop, too, is behind the stealthy funk of XO sauce, a concoction of pricey ingredients credited to Hong Kong chefs in the high-flying 1980s and named after the "extra old" designation for Cognac.
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Bandar entertained and influenced pols and journalists with cigars and cognac in the reassembled British pub he had transported to his $135 million Aspen mansion, and with hunting jaunts at his estate in England's Wychwood.
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The liquor sank with a Swedish steamship that was attacked by a German submarine in 1917, during World War I. The haul included 50 cases of cognac and 15 cases of Benedictine, a herbal liqueur.
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Or try this riff with rye and cognac, which the cocktail historian David Wondrich will tell you is both traditional and delectable — and was at its origins a prescription to ease all kinds of ailments.
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By now, the lush, chandelier-lit surroundings and the expert cocktails—gin, Cynar, and thyme in a gold-etched coupe; a refreshing Chartreuse-and-cognac cherry-lemon punch—had lulled these diners into a reverie.
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In 2012, a Chinese crackdown on corruption caused purchases of premium cognac and other high-end goods used as gifts to fall sharply, taking the likes of LVMH and Remy Cointreau shares down with them.
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Remy Martin cognac, which makes over 22.63% of the company's profit, saw operating profit rise 18% to 235.6 million euros, driven by strong demand in the Asia Pacific region, notably China, and the United States.
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Remy Martin cognac, which makes over 80% of the company's profit, saw its operating profit rise 18% to 235.6 million euros, driven by strong demand in the Asia Pacific region, notably China, and the United States.
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The company, known for its Remy Cointreau cognac, Mount Gay rum and Cointreau liqueur, tempered any hopes that higher-than-expected second-quarter sales would translate into a major pick-up in the next six months.
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On Thursday, BFM Business reported that Pernod - which owns Absolut vodka and Martell cognac - will make changes to its board in coming weeks, with vice-chairman Pierre Pringuet among those that could take a step back.
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LVMH, which owns other labels including fashion brand Christian Dior and Krug champagne, was boosted by a strong performance in its leather goods unit, while sales of spirits such as cognac improved from a quarter earlier.
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Pernod, the world's second-largest spirits group after Diageo, is hoping cost cuts, expansion into profitable premium brands such as Malfy gin and sustained demand for Martell cognac in China will underpin sales growth and profits.
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The owner of Absolut vodka, Martell cognac and Jameson whiskey said it still eyed an organic rise of between 1 percent and 3 percent in profit from recurring operations for the year ending June 30, 2016.
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The company said demand for its cognac started to improve in China in the second half of FY 2015/16 and the group has forecast a rise in Chinese sales for 2016/17 as a whole.
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Some of the finest cognac in the world — and one of the oldest distilleries still around — is found in the southwest of France, where the Frapin family has been using the same vineyards since it opened.
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French spirits group Remy Cointreau posted a 10.1 percent rise in first-half like-for-like current operating profits, helped by robust demand for its premium cognac in China and by a tight rein on costs.
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The increase came mostly from the rising value of his interests in Armand de Brignac champagne and D'Ussé cognac, as well as ownership stakes in Roc Nation and his Tidal music streaming service, according to Forbes.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Severe weather, including hailstorms, caused serious damage at the weekend in some French wine-producing regions, notably Cognac where up to 229 percent of the vineyard has been badly damaged, producers said on Monday.
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LVMH, which controls 70 brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior and Hennessy cognac, said demand in France, where it made 10 percent of sales, had suffered from a significant decline in tourist traffic in the first half.
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In an 18th-century house on a cobblestone side street, we climbed a short flight of stairs to meet Charles Braastad, a descendant of the Irishman James Delamain, who founded his storied Cognac brand in 1759.
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After sipping Cognac and Scotch, legislators and guests packed the hall, where the cameras conspicuously stopped on a man with a bright blue suit and a résumé that touched the lives of virtually everyone in Ukraine.
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In the course of the film's lean 81-minute running time, Leon becomes unhinged in a swirl of cognac and cocaine, murderously stalking through barrooms and back streets with a pistol tucked under his tank top.
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The U.S. is weighing tariffs of up to 2.43% on European products the Trump administration previously absolved from such duties, targeting some of the euro zone's most emblematic products, including Irish and Scotch whiskies and Cognac.
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"I had to wait until after Christmas to get presents for the children and grandchildren," he said, sipping cognac and Coke, ice cubes bouncing against the sides of a coffee mug, his cheeks rosy with cheer.
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" In a 2015 ad for Rémy Martin cognac, Renner proclaimed, "I guess I've always been hard to label," moving from faux film set to faux construction site to faux musical stage, "because I'm not one thing.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liqueur said its strategy of selling higher-priced spirits to boost profit margins was delivering results, and it aimed to further improve profitability while also boosting capital spending.
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Forbes reports that his stake in Uber is worth an estimated $70 million, his real estate investments are worth an estimated $50 million and his cognac, D'Ussé, sells almost 200,000 cases annually and is worth $100 million.
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Newer vineyards may take over six years to provide Hennessy with saleable cognac, but the firm would be able to release more stocks in the shorter term knowing it has more coming, Hennessy's CEO Bernard Peillon said.
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Pernod forecast underlying operating profit would rise 3 to 5 percent in the year to June 2018, underpinned by strong Chinese demand for Martell cognac, robust growth in its top U.S. market and improving sales in India.
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Remy Cointreau, Pernod and British drinks group Diageo have all faced pressure on sales of cognac and other luxury goods in China following a government crackdown on luxury gift-giving and personal spending by Chinese civil servants.
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The two best things we ate came packed in small Mason jars: chicken liver mousse topped with Cognac-and-hibiscus gelée, and potted shrimp sealed with clarified butter, garnished with a whorl of microgreens and scallion ribbons.
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The 2300 Grande Fine Clos du Griffier Cognac was bottled five years before Marie Antoinette lost her head, and the bottles are in "impeccable condition," according to an expert at Artcurial, the auction house managing the auction.
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And as if this time of year didn't already have enough of that #24/7PSL hype, Al Sotack's Sam Hain cocktail combines Cognac, apple brandy, cinnamon, and aromatic bitters with a healthy helping of homemade pumpkin syrup.
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They can choose between the official mint julep cocktail as well as Prescription Julep #2, a 23st century take on an 19th century version of the cocktail that used cognac and rye whiskey, from mixologist Charles Joly.
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So throughout this process of us putting out these videos off of Cognac/Four Corner Room, I'm dealing with that, and I started making beats at night as therapy, at like four or five in the morning.
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LVMH's Guiony warned that buoyant sales in its cognac labels "cannot go on like we are today forever", but he added that stock would be sufficient to meet demand in spite of some constraints on its availability.
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But the Paris-based group, home to fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton and Fendi and champagne maker Moet & Chandon, warned of pitfalls that could weigh on growth rates in the fourth quarter, including dwindling cognac stocks.
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Pernod, the world's second-biggest spirits group behind Diageo, also raised its profit growth outlook for the 28/212.8 full year after first-half operating profits beat forecasts, helped by strong demand for premium cognac in China.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French luxury goods group LVMH has agreed to buy wine producer Le Chateau du Galoupet for an undisclosed sum, bolstering LVMH's portfolio of top wines and spirits, such as Veuve Clicquot champagne and Hennessy Cognac.
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Pursuits With an alcohol by volume strength of 70 percent, the aroma alone of the eau-de-vie, the double-distilled brandy that would eventually be blended into a Cognac, was enough to make me feel tipsy.
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PARIS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - French spirits group Remy Cointreau posted a worse-than-expected 11.3% fall in third quarter like-for-like revenues, as demand for cognac in Hong Kong was impacted by protests in the region.
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To get out the message for his 1950s-inspired, produced-in-China headphones, with its cognac-colored headband, he hired Carolina Clouet, a Balenciaga-clad former consultant for Barneys and Neiman Marcus, as his director of sales.
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Remy's Louis XIII luxury cognac - which sells for over $3,000 a bottle - has been in demand in China but in recent years has also benefited from growing demand from rich consumers elsewhere, especially in the United States.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Sales of premium cognac and other luxury drinks grew in the United States and improved in China in the last three months of 6.43 despite the economic slowdown, French drinks group Remy Cointreau said on Thursday.
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Solid double-digit sales growth in China largely outpaced a softer start in the United States, which is Remy's top market but which struggled with high year-ago comparables when cognac sales had been boosted by price increases.
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AJ prefers the warm tones of what she calls the "projector room," which features a massive cognac leather sectional, black-and-white framed photography, a decorative silver basketball hoop and of course a large pull-down projection screen.
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PARIS, April 24 (Reuters) - French spirits company Remy Cointreau reported higher annual sales and kept its target for profit growth for the full year, although demand for its premium cognac slowed down in China during the final quarter.
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The drink he has in mind is called a coffee cocktail, even though there's no coffee inside: it's actually equal parts of cognac and port, with a splash of rich demerara simple syrup and a whole raw egg.
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The owner of the Mumm and Perrier-Jouet champagnes and Martell cognac also said he was "confident" on China even though it was premature to discuss demand during the Chinese New Year festivities that stated on Feb. 5.
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The French conglomerate, which owns other labels like Christian Dior in fashion or Krug in champagne, was boosted by a strong performance in its leather goods unit, while sales of spirits like cognac improved from a quarter earlier.
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But spare a thought for Jason Wong, a Chinese businessman who dropped HK$68,000—nearly $8,800 US—on a 40-milliliter shot of Cognac, which he downed in front of cameras at the InterContinental hotel in Hong Kong.
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A frosty spring in 2017 and hail last year has also hurt cognac production yet to hit the market, meaning Hennessy would have to carefully manage current stocks to tide itself through the blips to come, LVMH said.
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Whenever an animal was killed or a "treasure" was found—a previously buried bottle of cognac, cachaça, or soda for the children—one of the Gamela would take it back to the village to prepare for the feast.
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Cognac is a brandy, so it takes time to distill the grapes into what we call eau de vie — meaning water of life — and then age it again in oak barrels for anywhere from three to 100 years.
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Here in Cognac we have the elements in which it grows best: a chalky soil, and a climate that benefits from the influence of the ocean, with winters that are not too cold and summers not too warm.
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It tastes unlike anything one might find in Scotland, in part because its distillers use barley varieties from the Cognac region of France and produce it using Charentais stills, which are common in France but rare in Scotland.
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I chose the Churchill, an old-fashioned variation made with cognac, whiskey, thyme honey, orange, cinnamon and date-nut smoke, the last of which was created by torching the nuts, then lowering a glass to contain the smoke.
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The liquor sank with the S.S. Kyros, a Swedish steamship that was attacked by a German submarine in 1917, during World War I. The haul included 50 cases of cognac and 15 cases of Benedictine, a herbal liqueur.
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The liquor sank with the S.S. Kyros, a Swedish steamship that was attacked by a German submarine in 1917, during World War I. The haul included 50 cases of cognac and 15 cases of Benedictine, an herbal liqueur.
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Friends were waiting at Uncle Vanya Cafe in Midtown and the party could not be called off, so they put together an impromptu ceremony with a friend splashing them with Cognac and sliding the rings over their fingers.
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The group, which makes Martell cognac, issued the warning as it nevertheless posted forecast-beating first-half results, helped by cost cuts and shipments tied to the earlier timing of the Chinese New Year, which started on Jan.
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With no quick fixes likely - cognac is a double-distilled spirit that needs to be aged for at last two years - Hennessy is tackling production constraints with an eye on the longer term, by planting more grapes, Arnault said.
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That had caused Remy to start to focus on the United States, which is now its top market for cognac, although Marotta said demand in Greater China was back, with sales up in double-digit terms for 2016/17.
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PARIS, May 20 (Reuters) - French luxury goods group LVMH has agreed to buy wine producer Le Chateau du Galoupet for an undisclosed sum, bolstering LVMH's portfolio of top wines and spirits, such as Veuve Clicquot champagne and Hennessy Cognac.
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Tour d'Argent translates to Silver Tower or Tower of Money, depending on how you choose to think about it, which is exactly what you'll need if you even want to think about going after a 220-year-old Cognac.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liqueur said its strategy of selling higher-priced spirits to boost profit margins was delivering strong results, and the company said it had met its margin goals one year in advance.
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Among the best-known are the French 75 (gin or Cognac, lemon juice and a bit of sugar topped with Champagne) and the Kir royale (couldn't be simpler: a tiny amount of crème de cassis and lots of Champagne).
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It might surprise readers that French Cognac producer Remy Martin was one of the first Western companies to form a joint venture in China, in this case with the city of Tianjin in 1980 to set up a winery.
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As a talent scout and staff writer for Nilsson's record label, I had witnessed the chaos firsthand as Harry, coked to the gills, lurched around the halls swigging from a bottle of cognac, sometimes with Lennon by his side.
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Uniworld, for its part, offers " Connoisseur Collection"-themed cruises that provide deeply gastronomic excursions, including one to a truffle farm, another to the Remy Martin cognac estate, and another to La Couronne, where Julia Child first tasted French food.
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Paired with the food will be Mr. Trummer's Freudish cocktails, like the Dream Interpreter, made with absinthe, saffron elixir and Cognac; and the Dreamer, with Champagne and elderflower essence: 21098 LaGuardia Place (Houston Street), 295-2178-2929, bar-freud.
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When the climate changes, when the rainfall changes, when we get more or less sun, the grapes change and therefore we have to adjust the distillation process and length of aging time to make the best cognac we can.
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"In the Soviet years, everyone had vodka — sometimes too much vodka — but only the elite could get French Cognac and Champagne," said Israel Morales, Ms. Morales's husband and the father of their two sons, Noah, 9, and Isaac, 2.
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French spirits company Remy Cointreau on Tuesday said improving appetite in the United States for higher-end cognac had buoyed sales in its second quarter, while strong demand in China also drove growth and helped the company beat forecasts.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac, Cointreau liqueur and Mount Gay Rum, said that although its 2016-17 financial year had started well for the group, it would not make a specific sales because the overall environment was volatile.
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Each year on the night of his birthday, a person (or persons) known as the Poe Toaster would dress in black, raise a glass and leave a half-full bottle of cognac and three red roses at the poet's grave.
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Changyu is in talks to buy mid-sized wine producers in Australia and Chile and is also looking to build on acquisitions in France, where it owns a cognac vineyard and a Bordeaux-based winery, general manager Sun Jian said.
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"There is land within the area which is not being used," Arnault, LVMH's chairman and chief executive, told journalists at a new Hennessy bottling plant near the city of Cognac, on the banks of the Charente river in western France.
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The world's biggest luxury goods group, also home to fashion brand Christian Dior and cognac label Hennessy, said revenue in the July to September period came in at 11.4 billion euros ($13.09 billion), also up 10 percent on a reported basis.
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Cognac was the main driver of the spirits sector, with a near 13 percent jump in exports by value to 2.6 billion euros but lower vodka sales limited total growth for spirits exports to 13 percent, to 3.7 billion euros.
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The conglomerate, which owns other labels such as Christian Dior in fashion or Krug in champagne, was boosted by a strong performance in its leather goods unit in particular, while sales of spirits like cognac improved from a quarter earlier.
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The company, which also makes Aperol, is trying to increase its market share in North America and bought Grand Marnier last year with a view to making the 137-year-old French Cognac brandy and orange-based liqueur fashionable again.
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Remy Cointreau said that - as it had previously flagged - the fourth quarter reflected the negative impact of an earlier timing of the Chinese New Year in early February that had led to advance shipments of cognac in the third quarter.
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"The importance of this event cannot be overemphasized — it's not only a find of rare cognac and liqueur but also a part of history of the former imperial Russia," Ocean X Team said in a news release describing the recovery.
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Since the movie was announced in November, the safe housing it has been touring the world; it will be displayed at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes later this month and then travel to Johannesburg, Chicago and Dallas before returning to Cognac.
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I have a pair in the cognac color, and I've worn them every day of this week and all throughout the fall — which is saying something, considering that I have approximately ten other pairs of ankle boots to choose from.
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The group, which has brands ranging from Louis Vuitton and couture label Givenchy to cognac maker Hennessy, has benefited along with a handful of rivals such as Gucci-owner Kering from rebounding demand among Chinese customers in the past two years.
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Campari Agrees to Acquire Grand Marnier | Campari-Milano, the Italian distiller, agreed to buy the French cognac maker Grand Marnier Group in a deal that values the family-owned company at $760 million, adding more high-end spirits to its portfolio.
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But, until I went to Cognac in southwest France last December, I didn't know much about the brandy apart from that it's made with white wine grapes, primarily a variety called Ugni Blanc, and that I liked its refined taste.
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And just in case my stomach ran out of room, the waitress arrived periodically with a plastic funnel, of the type used to extract sap from a tree, so I could down a shot of cognac laced with maple syrup.
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The recipe is just a simple chicken dinner enlivened with flavors that you may not have in your pantry but sure could have, and maybe ought to have, for occasional use: Cognac, for instance, to flame the mushrooms; that Madeira wine.
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Myke Towers and Farruko featuring Arcangel, Sech and Zion, "Si Se Da (Remix)" In a heady haze of Cognac and kush, two of Puerto Rico's trap pioneers tap an intergenerational urbano power trio to lend their voices to this essential remix.
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PARIS, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Spirits group Remy Cointreau posted a worse-than-expected 13% decline in first-half like-for-like current operating profits, as protests in Hong Kong hurt premium cognac sales while promotional spending also dented its earnings.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liqueur posted a 1.3% fall in sales to 300.7 million euros ($334.50 million) for the July to September period, down 4% at constant exchange rates and excluding the effect of acquisitions or disposals.
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Osvaldo never intended them to remain static; he and his relatives occasionally moved pieces around, bringing in new ones that emerged from the studio, including the cognac leather sofa that Valeria created with the designer Alfredo Bonetti in the 1960s.
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The hotel also serves Italian fare at Smeraldi's Restaurant, which is decorated with murals inspired by the coast of Italy and operates the sophisticated Gallery Bar and Cognac Room, which is a cozy place to grab an after-dinner drink.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liquor, which is trying to sell more of its higher-priced spirits to boost profitability, said it planned to accelerate advertising and promotional spending in the coming five years to boost sales.
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Osvaldo never intended them to remain static; he and his relatives occasionally moved pieces around, bringing in new ones that emerged from the studio, including the cognac leather sofa that Valeria created with the designer Alfredo Bonetti in the 1960s.
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In October the group - which owns fashion brands such as Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior as well as Moet & Chandon champagne and Hennessy cognac - reported a higher-than-expected 12 percent rise in like-for-like sales for the third quarter of 2017.
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Stung like other spirits makers by a sales downturn in China sparked by a government clampdown on extravagant spending, the owner of Mumm champagne and Martell cognac has launched a sales drive there and is cutting costs globally to help boost growth.
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PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Spirits group Pernod Ricard posted a stronger-than-expected 5.7 percent rise in first-quarter underlying sales, helped by higher demand for its Martell cognac and Chivas whisky in China, and by robust growth in its main U.S. market.
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The owner of Mumm champagne, Absolut vodka and Martell cognac said that, in an environment that remained uncertain, it was keeping its forecast for a 3-5 percent rise in full-year profit from recurring operations after last year's 3.3 percent growth.
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The luxury goods industry leader, which controls 70 brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior, Moet & Chandon champagne and Hennessy cognac, said it saw no growth in like-for-like sales at its all-important fashion and leather goods division during the first half.
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BLACKPOOL, England (Reuters) - Wetherspoon's boss Tim Martin says British business has nothing to fear from leaving the European Union without a deal, and to prove it he's "Brexiting" his pubs by swapping French champagne and cognac for English sparkling wine and Australian brandy.
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PARIS (Reuters) - LVMH, owner of Moet & Chandon champagne and Hennessy cognac, does not want to destabilize Pernod Ricard and has nothing to do with activist investor Elliott buying a stake in the French spirits group, its Chairman and CEO said on Tuesday.
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According to Entertainment Tonight, Pharrell teamed up with Louis XIII Cognac to remind people that no matter what the current administration believes, climate change is undeniably real and will continue to cause lasting harm to the planet unless humans start making serious changes.
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"The Scotch were distilling Scotch, the French were distilling cognac, the Russian and the Scandinavian folks were distilling vodka, the Spanish were distilling grapes to make brandy, and the Mexican people started to distill the agave plant to make mezcal," said Cuvelier.
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Servings: 1Prep: 2 minutesTotal: 5 minutes 1 ½ ounces Hine H Cognac 1 ½ ounces Quinta do Noval Black port ¼ ounce simple syrup 1 whole egg Freshly grated nutmeg, to garnish Dry shake, then shake with ice and fine-strain into a chilled highball.
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Pernod posted a second year of strong FCF in FY17 to EUR0.7 billion or 8% of revenue (FY16: 6.6%) on the back of better profits, lower interest costs and low working capital outflows (including balanced investments in ageing whisky and cognac inventories).
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Sales of Remy Martin cognac, which account for about 75 percent of group profits, rose 11.1 percent on a like-for-like basis thanks to "highly favorable trends in Greater China and sustained growth in Singapore, Australia and Japan," the company said.
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At the stately Hotel Armenia, which caters to the diaspora visiting the capital of the disputed mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, dear to the hearts of Armenians everywhere, the dining room clings to the traditional starched tablecloths and, of course, aged Armenian cognac.
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That experience is quickly followed with a plate of inch-thick, $225-per-pound smoked bacon slabs, cured from an imported Japanese black boar, topped with an orange marmalade glaze made from $0003 Dekopon oranges and an $1,800 special reserve bottle of cognac.
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It has set up two sales teams in the country, one focused on high-end brands such as Martell and the other on mid-range brands such as Noblige cognac or Ballantine's Finest whisky to better address demand from an emerging middle class.
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We have a circle (or as close to a circle as you can get in a grid) of shaded/circled squares in our puzzle today, and they spell out six different types of alcohol: GIN, SCOTCH, PORTER (beer), STOUT, COGNAC and SHERRY.
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The scene before me there of a half-dozen employees filling, sealing and labeling glass bottles by hand resembled a homespun operation, not an enterprise where the least expensive Cognac — the elegant Pale and Dry X. O. — costs around $1005 a bottle.
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They say that most brands, when they do reach out, still pigeonhole African-American consumers with outdated playbooks aimed at the "urban demographic"— industry-speak for lower-income, younger black consumers who supposedly gravitate toward sweeter spirits like Cognac and flavored whiskey.
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Wheels Consider some of the goodies an American visitor to Europe can bring home: rare cognac and (certain) cheese from France, fresh cream truffles from Switzerland, a hard-to-find Irish whiskey from Dublin, a one-off Yves Saint Laurent gown from Paris.
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Today it is the biggest employer in the territory and holds a monopoly over big business, running supermarkets, gas stations, a cell phone network, fitness centers, a cognac distillery, and one of the region's two television networks (the other is state controlled).
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PARIS, Nov 24 (Reuters) - French spirits group Remy Cointreau posted a 7 percent rise in first-half like-for-like current operating profit, reflecting recovering cognac demand in China and a strong take-up for its premium brands in its top U.S. market.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac, Cointreau liqueur and Mount Gay Rum said that in view of its first-half performance, it was keeping its forecast for growth in current operating profit at constant exchange rates in the 2016/17 full year.
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While Jay did not do anything substantial record or touring wise (outside of contributing a very dad verse to this Pusha T song), he did a lot of work with Roc Nation, his Armand de Brignac champagne, D'Usse cognac, and, obviously, TIDAL.
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The group, whose other brands include Jameson whiskey, said sales in India rose 34 percent in the quarter, while in China sales leapt to 27 percent in the first quarter, led by strong demand for Martell cognac and by double-digit growth in Chivas whisky.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac, Cointreau liqueur and Mount Gay Rum said sales reached 251.5 million euros ($284.8 million) in the three months to March 31, a like-for-like rise of 9.8 percent versus a 3.2 percent rise in the third quarter.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Mount Gay rum, which is trying to sell more of its higher priced spirits to boost profit, said sales came in at 1.216 billion euros ($1.36 billion) for its full financial year, which ended on March 31.
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They're available in bright colors like orange, blue, and cognac, and are adorned with the letters "F" written on one, and "U" written on the other for Fenty University (or, you know, a not-so-subtle message to your haters in the hallway — and life).
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Mr Williams pulled out all the stops: he bought a $5,000 bottle of cognac for the couple at a dinner in New York and offered to set up the soon-to-be first lady with a custom dress designed by Oscar de la Renta.
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Spirits salvaged: Hundreds of bottles of cognac and liqueur were discovered in the wreck of a Swedish steamship sunk by a German submarine during World War I. (No word on whether they're drinkable.) Late-night comedy: The hosts were all watching the impeachment hearings.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liquor, which is accelerating a drive to sell higher-priced spirits to boost profit margins, kept its goal to grow current operating profit on a comparable basis in the financial year that began on April 1.
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The maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liqueur, which is stepping up plans to sell higher-priced spirits in order to boost profit margins, said it also aimed to increase operating profits on a like-for-like basis in the current financial year.
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And, if that's not enough money spent, we're told Floyd and his crew ate at Robert's Steakhouse earlier that night ... and bought a $5k bottle of Louis XIII cognac for his table (dude doesn't even drink, he just likes his friends THAT much.) WYD, Conor?
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Then someone at a trade show who tasted it two decades ago will talk the product up, an Instagram pic surfaces, a trip is taken and a deal is made, and all of the sudden that Cognac is behind a bar in Hong Kong.
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It has stepped spending on advertising and marketing notably in the United States but also in China on luxury brands such as Louis XIII cognac, which sells for over 2,000 euros a bottle, and it is starting to reap the fruits of that strategy.
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Law enforcement later found an underground factory in the Saratov region producing counterfeit alcohol and seized 26,000 bottles of counterfeit alcohol as well as one ton of pure alcohol, 4,500 liters of fake cognac and labels with the names of various well-known brands.
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He uses a 683s Campari in a Jungle Bird—back then, Campari still got its red color from crushed cochineal beetles—and a 268-year-old cognac in the bar's Vieux Carré that, at around $280, tops the reserve list in terms of price.
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Served with one large, spherical ice cube in a beaker just like the ones you used in science class, a mix of Peychaud's bitters, Cognac, agave and Standard Wormwood Distillery rye blends to create one of the most in-demand cocktails at the establishment.
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PARIS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - French spirits group Remy Cointreau said on Friday that like-for-like sales growth slowed to 13 percent in the third quarter, as the late timing of the Chinese New Year and a high year-ago comparison basis weighed on its cognac sales.
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It has set up two sales teams in the country, one focused on high-end brands such as Martell and Cordon Bleu and the other on mid-range brands such as Noblige cognac and Ballantine's Finest whisky to better address demand from an emerging middle class.
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Remy Martin cognac maker Remy Cointreau and Chivas Regal whisky maker Pernod Ricard may suffer more than rivals because of their high exposure to the Chinese market and especially after celebrations were canceled for the Chinese New Year, one of the busiest periods for alcohol consumption.
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As for Markle's bag, the cognac color is sold out now but is expected to restock on November 25 so mark your calendars now, we can't guarantee you'll catch a royal with it, but at least you'll be able to carry all your essentials like one.
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Is it because Luding calls itself "Russia's largest trading company specializing in alcoholic beverages" and was granted a license by the Presidential Property Management Department of the Russian Federation to launch their own KREMLIN AWARD cognac using the government owned "Kremlin" (Kremlevsky) brand back in 2013?
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Though I have developed an allergy to overt marketing ploys, there is something considerate and very deliberate in the way Taylor's history is being brought back into the spotlight by the cognac company Hennessy, which commissioned a short documentary about Taylor that was released earlier this year.
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In a 1982 recipe for The New York Times, Pierre Franey called for ground sirloin mixed with Gorgonzola cheese, flattened into patties and griddled in cast iron before a flaming in cognac — you can almost hear the opening bars of "Le Marseillaise" through the blue flames.
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Lay in some stews and soups to make next week's dinners as simple as reheating a big pot: this phenomenal Dijon and cognac beef stew (above), for instance; or this curried shrimp and crab gumbo, which only improves after a night or two in the refrigerator.
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Pernod warned in April that revenue in China could fall up to 10 percent in the year ending June 30 after Scotch whisky sales in the country fell 10 percent in the first nine months of the financial year, although Martell cognac sales were more resilient.
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The Remy Martin cognac division, which accounts for 80 percent of group profit, saw operating profit rise 9.1 percent on a like-for-like basis to 101.9 million euros, with brands such as 1738 Accord Royal and Louis XIII performing well in the United States and China.
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"You can prepare it in different ways, from family to family, but it's basically a red wine or some cognac, with cloves and sugar and a little bit of orange, with almonds and raisins on the bottom," said Jakob Berlin, general manager of the hotel and the lounge.
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Pernod said earlier this week it was confident of hitting its goal for "mid-single digit" sales growth this financial year in its top U.S. market, thanks to main growth driver Jameson Irish whiskey but also robust demand for brands such as Malibu rum, Martell cognac and Altos tequila.
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Plucked from the Bessarabian vine, the grapes fortunate enough to make their way to Tiraspol are transformed into brandy using a process identical to that used to make Cognac in France—double distilled in copper pots, aged in oak barrels, and then carefully blended with water and sugar.
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The days are packed with programming, after which guests head to private suites with names like the Africa room and the Middle East room, or to fancier hotels in nearby Georgetown, where they mingle late into the night — praying, sharing business cards and sometimes draining expensive bottles of cognac.
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LVMH has also restored other key estates it owns in France including Dior's La Colle Noire in Grasse, Hennessy's Château de Bagnolet near Cognac, Louis Vuitton's Asnières House in the Parisian suburbs and Krug's family houses in Reims, where similar invite-only policies for top clients also apply.
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According to the article, which is to be published in its final form in February under the title "A Closer Look at Frederic Chopin's Cause of Death," the researchers found Chopin's heart "submerged in an amber-brown liquid," thought to be Cognac, which was often used for tissue preservation.
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Pernod, which owns Mumm champagne, Absolut vodka and Martell cognac, said that for its 2019 financial year it was now targeting an organic rise of around 8 percent in profit from recurring operations, at the top of its guidance of 6-8 percent growth given back in February.
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More somberly, you might bring a little comfort to your memories of 9/11, and cook this insanely popular recipe for a Dijon and Cognac beef stew, which Regina Schrambling brought to The Times in the dark days that followed the attacks, as a kind of culinary antidepressant.
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According to the report, officers asked Mathis if he had anything to drink -- "He stated that he had one shot of cognac, but had also taken a sleeping aid around 10 PM." Mathis told another officer he had two shots of Crown Royal along with the sleeping aid.
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A key part of the process of making bourbon is using new oak, and conventionally, with Scotch whisky, it's almost always oak that's been used for another aging purpose before, so they sometimes use ex-bourbon casks, ex-sherry casks, ex-cognac casks, ex-wine casks, ex-rum casks.
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While the brand's Instagram says the black version is running very low in stock, our friends at the label let us know that the Noir and Cognac color ways are being restocked on December 7 — if you can't wait until then, you can currently shop the cotton-candy-pink iteration.
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Martha's going to make eggnog in her family's antique punchbowl with 24 egg yolks, two cups of sugar, two quarts of whole milk — "Make sure your egg yolks come from your own backyard hens," she quips — two cups of bourbon, one cup of cognac, and a half-cup of rum.
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While it's hard to find me wearing any color other than black, if black leather on black nylon isn't your thing there are three other color combinations from which to choose; black leather and gray nylon, navy blue leather and navy blue nylon or cognac leather and navy blue nylon.
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The original pair I got for this review is still in constant rotation for me (yep, the white leather has held up and proved itself to be easy to clean!) but I fell so hard in love that I bought myself another pair in a cognac brown color since then.
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The family's salon is now a dining room where Hine's top customers are invited for meals, and the living room where the original Royal Warrant from 333 designating Hine as the official Cognac supplier to Queen Elizabeth II in England hung on the wall (the house still has that honor).
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Prep time: 10 minutesCook time: 15 minutesTotal time: 13 minutesServes: 2-4 Ingredients 2 New York strip sirloin steaks, cut ¾-inch thick 1 tablespoon kosher salt 2 ½ tablespoons freshly cracked black peppercorns 3 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 3 tablespoons cognac 2 tablespoons half & half cream Stumped on steak?
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And to speed up service at a bistro in Cognac, France, he put an imprint on his signature cocktail, the Negroni (gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, an orange peel twist), by wielding one of his index fingers as a swizzle stick in a row of the drinks ready for waiting customers.
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Snapchat has dabbled in games before — the company launched "Snappables," a set of AR lens games last year — but the new platform (said to be codenamed "Project Cognac") would be a larger foray into the gaming world, and it would allow outside developers to create games that would live inside the Snapchat app.
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If you're super-loaded—rich, not drunk—and you've ever thought, Fuck it, I want some Cognac that predates the French Revolution, you're in luck, because La Tour d'Argent is about to auction off some Marie Antoinette-era booze along with a silver-plated Cristofle duck press and loads of other rarities.
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Sales at Remy Martin cognac, which accounts for more than 80% of the company's profit, grew 5.5% on a like-for-like basis in the first quarter that ended in June, slightly above analysts' expectations for 4.4% growth but a marked slowdown from 7.9% growth in the fourth quarter of FY 2018/19.
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Sales at Remy Martin cognac, which accounts for more than 80% of the company's profit, grew 5.5% on a like-for-like basis in the first quarter that ended in June, slightly above analysts' expectations for 4.4% growth but a marked slowdown from 7.9% growth in the fourth quarter of FY 12/19.
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But that old classic, which features an immoderate sauce of butter, cream, egg yolk, cognac, and cayenne pepper, is, according to legend, named for one of its inventors, while Newburgh shrimp is so called because of the provenance of the crustaceans themselves: Newburgh, New York, a small city in the Hudson Valley.
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On a drive through these — Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Borderies, Fins Bois, Bons Bois and Bois Ordinaires — she explained that although Grande and Petit Champagne are considered the most premier, most of the more than 200 Cognac producers rely on eaux-de-vie made with grapes from several subregions to craft their blends.
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