These are our picks for the top 10 brandies for Christmas 2024! A glass of brandy for Christmas is traditional. An elegant way to celebrate the big day, a good…
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UPDATE: Congratulations to @MarkBilly on Twitter (X?!), #WhiskySanta granted their wish so we’re sending them the now-discontinued-in-Europe Camus Extra Elegance [RRP £700]! It’s time for #WhiskySanta to reveal the first…
How 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…
Cognac. 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…
Our 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…
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…
Cognac 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…
This 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,…
It’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…
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!…
This 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…
Lovers 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…
Today, 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,…
One 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…
The 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,…
Fanny Fougerat is on a mission to make your rethink everything you know about Cognac. So we caught up with the maverick producer to find out how she created a unique…
We’re running a very special competition this week for a chance to win a VIP trip to the House of Hine Cognac in France and taste with cellar master Eric…
Today we’re going to the movies with a classic cocktail that features in Charlie Chaplin’s Caught in a Cabaret. The drink in question is the Horse’s Neck, a delightfully simple mixture…
How did the son of an Irish Lord come to create one of the most famous spirit brands in the world? Lucy Britner delves into the history of Hennessy Cognac….