02276nam 22004573 450 991015364940332120230808200616.01-910902-34-9(CKB)3710000000962187(MiAaPQ)EBC4866104(Au-PeEL)EBL4866104(OCoLC)1083035270(EXLCZ)99371000000096218720210901d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCognac The Story of the World's Greatest BrandyOxford :Infinite Ideas,2016.©2016.1 online resource (212 pages)The Classic Wine Library1-908984-76-7 Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: The Making of Cognac -- 1. Land, vine, wine -- 2. Distillation: the heart of the matter -- 3. Brandy + age + oak = cognac -- 4. The personality of cognac -- Part II: The Story of Cognac -- 5. From salt to wine to Cognac brandy -- 6. Revolutions on the road to days of glory -- 7. Disaster, recovery, occupation -- 8. Thirty golden years -- 9. Not just a drama, a crisis -- 10. Fight-back -- Part III: All About the Cognacs -- 11. The enjoyment of cognac -- 12. The producers and their brandies -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: The Law -- Cognac and the law -- Distillation -- Ageing -- Allied products -- Le Bureau National Interprofessionel du Cognac (BNIC) 200 -- Recent restrictions -- Appendix II: The Figures -- Size -- Production -- Sales -- Bibliography.This fully revised third edition of Cognac: The story of the world's greatest brandyprovides an authoritative account of how the much-loved spirit is produced and matured, including a directory of cognac producers and their products that has been updated to include 2015 production.The Classic Wine LibraryBrandyFranceBrandy.France.641.253Faith Nicholas628585MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910153649403321Cognac3412661UNINA