Bourbon Meets Cognac: The Cask-Crossover Reshaping Brown Spirits in 2026
Bourbon brands are finishing in cognac casks. Cognac houses are finishing in bourbon casks. The 2026 US crossover guide, with the bottles to try first.
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Hennessy Launches RTD: A Margarita, an Iced Tea and a Berry Mojito in a Cognac Bottle
Hennessy enters the ready-to-serve market with three cognac cocktails: Henny Rita, Henny Berry and Henny Iced Tea. What they are, why these flavours, what the press says, and our take.
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Mexico and Cognac, 1826 to 2026
A 200-year history of the cognac trade between France and Mexico. Merchants, agents, locally bottled imitations, the Vidaurreta 1938 painting, the 1997 protection of the cognac name, and the EU-Mexico agreement signed in Brussels on 22 May 2026. With 17 archival images.
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Three Cognac Cocktails Nobody Has Made Yet
We set ourselves a small rule: invent three cognac cocktails that, as far as we can tell, have never been made before. We web searched every recipe. What survived is built around three landscapes of the Charentes: sea, hayfield, and forest.
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