NEW WEBSITE FOR THE BNIC: CULTURE COGNAC

Culture Cognac Website

CULTURE COGNACis a site managed by the French government (Bureau National Interprofessionel du Cognac, BNIC). It offers basic information about what is cognac and how it can be enjoyed.

"Sharing the culture around Cognac to connoisseurs and purchasing advisors throughout the world… such is the philosophy behind this magazine, created by the BNIC (association of Cognac professionals) and co-edited by the experts and celebrities that make up the ICS (International Cognac Summit) community. Since 2008, they have improved upon and gathered around innovative communication projects to transmit their knowledge and promote the Cognac designation around the world."

This site is easy to navigate and attractive. Check it out!

Source: Cognac Culture

UNIVERSITY OF SPIRITS IN THE COGNAC REGION CELEBRATES CRAFT COGNAC WITH LE GARAGE BAR & COMANDON

Association Elixir University Eaux-de-Vie Logo

Le Garage Bar Logo

Comandon Logo

Cognac and Cocktail Event in Cognac, France.

Organised by Association Elixir from the Université des Eaux-de-Vie from Segonzac and Le Garage Bar in Cognac.

Le Garage Bar is an iconic bar in Cognac owned by the Berniers for almost 20 years. Originally, the bar was a garage dealership for DeDion, Panhard and other luxury French. Now, Le Garage Bar has kept this spirit but changed into a trendy and fun bar in Cognac where everyone can relax and taste a cognac cocktails.

Le Garage Bar in Cognac, France

You will taste the new cognac Comandon X Le Garage Bar.

When: Thursday 25th October 2018
When: Le Garage Bar: 3 rue de l'isle d'or, 16100 Cognac, France
Starting at 7pm

Le Garage Bar will serve 4 Cocktails made with the unique small batch cognac produced by Comandon, le Comandon X Le Garage, fabriqué en lot unique et avec une passion artisanale.

COMANDON X LE GARAGE COGNAC, CRAFT, SMALL BATCH, LIMITED EDITION, UN-CHILLED FILTRED, SINGLE DISTILLERY

7 € per cocktail or 12 € for 2 cocktails

Specialty foods will be availble exclusively made for this event by the chef of Le Garage Bar.

This event will profit and fund/donation to the Elixir Club, student club from the University des Eaux-de-Vie, so as to offer scholarships to finance the last year trip which is part of the curriculum for the Master 2 Management of Spritis Business in Segonzac, France.

ARMAGNAC ENCANTADA: A New Independent Bottler in Armagnac

Armagnac L'Encantada

K&LWINES tells us all about it!

L’Encantada is a new armagnac independent bottlerwhich has been bringing out excellent Armagnacs says K&LWines.

To understand what makes this stuff special, you have to understand a little bit about Armagnac. French brandy production, especially in Armagnac, is much different than the American distilled spirits industry. There are a few large producers, but by in large, Armagnac is made by farmers and wine makers who distill some of their extra grapes in a travelling still that comes around to the farms.

Many of them just stick the casks in their barns and basements, a little bit here, a little bit there. Eventually they will bottle them, maybe for family and friends, maybe for small markets, or sell them to a larger company that bottles brandy or even makes liqueur; it's sort of a Gascon retirement fund.

L'Encantada was essentially knocking on farm doors and asking to buy these casks.  They have casks from around seven small producers, a number of which only made brandy for a limited time, and all of their brandies are bottled at cask strength without additives.

Source and Read More at: K&LWINES.com

COMANDON FT. LE GARAGE BAR FT. UNIVERSITY DES EAUX-DE-VIE EVENEMENT 2018

Association Elixir University Eaux-de-Vie Logo

Le Garage Bar Logo

Comandon Logo

Soirée Cognac en Cocktails X avec le nouveau Cognac Comandon X Le Garage Bar.

Quand? jeudi 25 octobre 2018
Ou? Le Garage Bar: 3 rue de l'isle d'or, 16100 Cognac, France
Organise par l'Association Elixir de l'Université des Eaux-de-Vie et Spiritueux à Segonzac et Le Garage Bar à Cognac.

A partir de 19h

4 Cocktails à base d'un Cognac inédit, le Comandon X Le Garage, fabriqué en lot unique et avec une passion artisanale.

COMANDON X LE GARAGE COGNAC, CRAFT, SMALL BATCH, LOT UNIQUE, EDITION LIMITEE, LIMITED EDITION, SANS FILTRATION A FROID, UN-CHILLED FILTRED

7 € l'unité // 12 € les deux

Restauration sur place selon la carte du Chef.

Les fonds récoltés lors de la soirée seront reversés au profit de l'Association ELIXIR pour le financement du voyage de fin d'étude du Master 2 Droit Gestion Commerce des Spiritueux de Segonzac.

HEALTHY COGNAC SALES MAKE GOOD RESULTS FOR REMY COINTREAU

Remy Cointreau logo

Source: Jefferies International Limited

Edward Mundy

September 27, 2018

We expect a continued strong performance in the Cognac division (c.80% profits) and expect 2QE group org sales +9.0% (vs 1Q 5.9%). We like Remy's category exposure and see upside as the CEO rolls out her vision for the co as a super-premium business. While we like Remy, trading at 29.9x cal 2019 PE, shares need upgrades to perform. We remain at HOLD.

What's new? Remy reports 1H sales on 17 October. We expect 1H org sales +7.6% with 2Q +9.0% vs 1Q 5.9%. The drivers of the acceleration in 2Q, we believe, are continued robust cognac demand (we model 2Q cognac org sales +12% vs 1Q +11.1%) with benefit of easier comps, as well as some positive impact from technical effects in Partner Brands. For full details of our expectations, refer to detail within this report.

Cognac (67% sales / 81% profits) - likely to remain robust. We model 1H cognac org growth +11.6% with 2Q +12% vs 1Q +11.1%. Within this, we expect US and Europe to be a bit stronger vs 1Q. Whilst Asia depletions (sell-out) momentum is likely to be unchanged vs 1Q (vols solid DD, sales strong DD), we believe shipments (sell-in) will be more normalised. In 1Q, China cognac shipments ran modestly ahead of depletions with some inventory replenishment after the strong CNY; we expect shipments to match depletions in 2Q.

COGNAC COCKTAILS IN OCTOBER 2018 IN LOS ANGELES

Cognac Classic Crawl USA Los Angeles 2018 by BNIC

Cognac Classic Crawl in Los Angeles is organized by BNIC.
Taste Classic Cocktails with the Spirit that Started It All that is 'cognac' at 5 of Los Angeles’ coolest bars.

At each of these bars, you’ll have the opportunity to taste a rendition of a classic and experience why Cognac captivated the stirrers and shakers of the world’s first cocktail-makers.

By purchasing a ticket, you’ll get one cocktail at each location. Check the announcement and registration below.

See, EventBrite

MORE COGNAC SOLD IN USA IN 2018 THAN EVER

Cognac Economy is Up

Source: ShankenDailyNews

Cognac is enjoying a renaissance. Last year global volumes increased by a robust 5.5% to 15.4 million cases, with the U.S. at the forefront, accounting for nearly 40% of total consumption. After crossing the 6-million-case mark on 9.7% growth in 2017, Cognac has now expanded its U.S. volume by nearly 2 million cases in just the past three years. With demand skyrocketing—particularly for the VS segment—keeping adequate supply in the pipeline is now the major concern.

Hennessy continues to drive the market in the U.S., averaging an annual increase of 12.9% over the past five years. In 2017, the brand increased 7.4% to just under 4 million cases, and might have risen higher if not for its supply constraints.

Still, Hennessy is now nearly twice as large as it was in 2012, when it depleted 2.16 million cases. “Hennessy has plans for growth across all our qualities in the coming years; however, we do need to continue to manage our growth and supply carefully,” says Giles Woodyer, senior vice president for Hennessy at Moët Hennessy USA. “We’re continuously improving and building our supply development efforts including expanded relationships with growers, new plantations, and strategic investments such as our recent considerable investment in our packaging and logistics site, Pont Neuf, which opened last year.”

This new 280,000-square-foot Pont Neuf facility will allow Hennessy to produce around 10 million cases annually by 2020, up from 7 million cases currently.

Read more at ShankenDailyNews