Cognac
Top 7 brandies for Christmas 2025These are our picks for the top 7 brandies for Christmas 2025! A glass of brandy for Christmas is traditional. An elegant way to celebrate the big day, a good…
Why Idris Elba Wanted To Make Cognac: The Porte Noire story“Cognac is something I’ve always appreciated for its complexity and richness,” says Idris Elba, founder of Porte Noire. Idris Elba and The Porte Noire story His brand, meaning “Black Door”,…
8 great brandy and Cognac cocktailsHow many brandy or Cognac-based cocktails can you name? Better still, how many do you know how to make? Perhaps a few more once we’re done here… Brandy is the…
We’re celebrating brandy this week at Master of Malt so we were delighted to get some time with one of the biggest names in the industry, Thibaut Hontanx chief blender…
10 Cognacs for single malt loversCognac. Cognac! Ah, Cognac, the very word if a byword for luxury and sophistication. Cognac, drunk by hip hop stars and oligarchs and comes in lavishly packaged crystal decanters. All…
New Arrival of the Week: Hine Single Estate Bonneuil 2012Our New Arrival this week is a rare Cognac that not only comes from a single vintage but a single vineyard too. It’s Hine Single Estate Bonneuil 2012! Traditionally, most…
What’s the difference between Armagnac and Cognac?Ever wondered what’s the difference between Armagnac and Cognac? Well here’s a little explainer looking at the history, geography and production methods of France’s greatest brandies. When reaching for a…
Six Cognacs for whisky loversCognac has the complexity, personality, history, innovation, and value to make it a great alternative to whisky. And these bottles prove it. One thing whisky lovers understand is the joy…
Cocktail of the Week: The SidecarThis month we’re celebrating Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados and brandy in all it’s forms. So for our Cocktail of the Week, we’re shaking up a simple combination of Remy Martin Cognac,…
Cognac: the British and Irish connectionIt’s Cognac month here at Master of Malt and to kick things off, we’re going to take a look at how British and Irish merchants helped turn this local speciality…
What we loved this week: Buffalo Trace, Port Charlotte, and rare Cognac!Terroir-tastic Port Charlotte, the rarest of Cognac, a snippet of Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, whisky cake… It’s a bumper edition of What we loved this week! Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!…
New Arrival of the Week: Cognac Park Borderies MizunaraThis is our final New Arrival of the Week of 2022 and we’ve got something a little unusual to say au revoir. Or perhaps that should be sayonara because what…
10 superb Cognacs to try in 2023Lovers of malt whisky or aged rum should really be exploring the Cognac region, especially with a certain winter holiday on the horizon. It’s coming! If old sherried single malts…
Cocktail of the Week: the SazeracToday, we’re making a cocktail with its heart in old Louisiana. Like an Old Fashioned but with a French twist, it’s the drink of New Orleans. It is, of course,…
New Arrival of the Week: Delamain Pale and Dry XOOne of the world’s classic bottlings, Delamain Pale and Dry XO, has been reformulated. But there’s no need to panic, the Cognac house hasn’t lowered the ABV, quite the opposite…
Master of Malt Week exclusive: Hermitage Grand Champagne Cognac 1975The Master of Malt Week train rolls on with another exclusive. Today, it’s a Grand Champagne Cognac 1975 bottled by Hermitage. We talk to the man behind, Mr Cognac himself,…
