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Wine in PET
Beyond silicone corks

Floc de Gascogne
Aperitifs & Digestifs

The drink handed to me was very cold, sweet and aromatic. It was smelling of fresh grapes, berries, spices, citrus and violets ...

Armagnac in the kitchen
Armagnac

In Gacogne, Armagnac is not only a simple digestif, the locals think that it's great with a meal too.

Panaceum
Armagnac

Is there a disease that Armagnac wouldn't be able to cure? According to the XIV century text preciously kept in a Vatican Library, that's impossible.

Ageing
Armagnac

Wooden barrels, a Celtic invention, were not only a good solution for wine storage, but positively affected Armagnac´s quality...

Japanese sake drive in Australia
news

Sake-makers from six Japanese companies recently (May) visited Sydney for a Barrel Opening Ceremony and sake tasting, in a bid to increase sake drinking, to accompany the local popularity of Japanese sushi restaurants.

Burning wine...
Armagnac

In the past, a distiller driving with his still from one village to another, used to have lots of work from the autumn, till end of springtime. Today there are only a few of them left. We had a chance to see one of them at work.

It's not that easy...
Armagnac

Armagnac owes it's popularity to... Bordeaux wine producers fearing competition

Armagnac, what's that?
Armagnac

The homeland of d'Artagnan, the celebrated hero of Alexandre Dumas “The Three Musqueteers”, is the old province of Gascony which includes the Department of the Gers (pronounced “Jair”), in South West France. Gascogny extends from the Atlantic east almost to Toulouse, stretching almost to Bordeaux and the Pyrenees. It is a region rich in history and castles, castles which make the perfect settings to taste one of the world's greatest brandies : Armagnac.

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Palmares 2009 FVMCI- WWWIC

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Armagnac in the kitchen

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