Cognac-Expert.com: A short history

This website is a family project, run by a family that has been living in the Charente region for 50 years.

Coming from an agricultural background, our grandfather owned a vineyard himself, we always were dedicated to the region, to the people, to cognac. We admire smaller family producers but also the bigger houses such as Courvoisier, Camus or Hine.

One day we drove through the vineyards close to Blanzac, in the Fins Bois region - when we discovered a smaller producer we had never seen before: "There are so many brands out there!", we were thinking. Neighbours, producers and friends introduced us to the wide field of different brandy. One evening at a dinner in the neighbourhood: The host presented a seemingly simple VSOP Cognac, which came with an anecdote about a winegrower that wanted to convince the cellar master of Hennessy that he could do a great blend, so he created that VSOP. It was a fantastic blend... but one couldn't buy it. It were situations like these which lead us to the idea to start a blog about the famous french brandy. In the beginning we just started with a small blog, reporting about the latest VS Cognac our father brought home.

Today it's a much more than a blog, it's a website with a list of all cognac brands and producers, bottles and products - users can exchange and talk about their experiences.

These days we regularly visit estates from André Petit, Bache-Gabrielsen to Rémy Martin and Martell, have the privilege to taste rare Vintage or XO Cognac; and we can exchange with enthusiasts and professionals worldwide. It's fantastic.

We created this website to share the unbelievable diversity of brandy brands and producers with an international readership, and we must say, it works!

Sophie and Max