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...Export volumes of cognac, a brandy produced from white wine grapes in western France, fell 18.9 per cent between August 2022 and the end of July this year, according to the cognac producer’s association...
...I start with the champagne....
...interesting headline figures… — consumption fell 96pc year-on-year in 2020–21, to just 130 bottles— the highest number of bottles used on record (going back to 2012–13) was 5,516, in 2014–15— Spirit and brandy...
...The commitment to constancy stands in contrast to the international ructions filtering into this region of south-west France, where the geographically protected brandy is the dominant industry, boasting...
...Its new French 75 was a combination of their preferences, dropping the gin and using Archie’s brandy and Germaine’s lemon, sugar and champagne....
...At Chicago cocktail bar After, fine and rare brandies are also on display....
...I decide I should serve the remaining drinks myself — champagne for those who want it, vanilla Coke for the rest. We have nearly finished by the time Truman Capote arrives....
...Here, among fields farmed since the Bronze Age, Josh cultivates dozens of different plants, which they distil back in St Ives with apple spirit from Somerset Cider Brandy, the distillery and orchard belonging...
...In the second world war, brandy and champagne kept Winston Churchill going while ordinary civilians made do with watered-down beer....
...“There has been a marked increase in celebrity-owned, invested or endorsed brands over the past few years,” says Brandy Rand, IWSR Drinks Market Analysis COO of the Americas....
...(As for my contribution, it’s hard work pulling corks, I can assure you, and I do graciously make the brandy butter.)...
...And to finish, a Christmas pudding, flaming in Vieille Prune and lots of brandy butter. I eat Christmas pudding for the brandy butter. To drink?...
...and Petite Champagne) at the very centre....
...Oak-aged pear juice, served in a brandy balloon, brought mellow sweetness to a sticky onion tarte Tatin topped with Dorstone goat’s cheese....
...“If you were on the Titanic it’s where you would have gone for brandy and cigars after dinner,” was Jang’s take. “It’s class....
...Dining for guests of Les Tilleuls is limited to in-house meals and local specialities from the nearby patisseries, such as pastries made from apples, salted butter and calvados (Norman-apple brandy)....
...He is based in Cognac, whose brandy must by law be aged in French oak barrels. “There is a trend for less oak and larger barrel sizes,” he wrote in an email....
...As cider’s star has risen, interest in calvados – a form of apple brandy that remains stubbornly artisan – has grown....
...A set of six William Edwards side plates, as used in first class, costs £25; a set of six Dartington crystal brandy glasses costs £12....
...Now with Alex, my Czech partner, the annual ritual includes champagne....
...To finish, Hunter served us the restaurant’s own bottling of Laird’s Apple Brandy with salted-chocolate pretzels....
...Wine I am not a great guzzler of champagne but it’s hard to beat with food like this and on occasions like this. It shouldn’t be too rich or too serious....
...We discovered, among other things, that champagne can be lovely with Cantonese dim sum and that Rieslings are delectable with Kung Pao chicken....
...A glut of plums led to Duncan whipping up several giant Kilner jars worth of plum brandy....
...Wetherspoon has already swapped out French champagne for sparkling wines from UK and Australia and traded in German wheat beers for UK-made brews....
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