Martell Cognac has teamed up with renowned chef Raymond Blanc and jazz musician Jamie Cullum to host a series of exclusive experiences for consumers across the UK and France.
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Leading bartender and drinks consultant Salvatore Calabrese has officially launched a lemon liqueur named Salvatore's Liquore di Limone.
Read more...Latest figures issued by the BNIC shows a 4.3% growth in Cognac shipments compared with last year, but producers remain "vigilant" due to current economic and financial uncertainties.
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Maxxium UK is running a competition to win a trip to France as part of its Courvoisier's Cocktails on a Grand Scale campaign, in a bid to bring young adults to the category.
Read more...The premium spirits category is the one to watch with sales up double-digit figures in both the on and off-trade, and malt whisky and Cognac taking the biggest value share.
Read more...As part of its Premium Edge initiative to make premium spirits "compelling", Pernod Ricard is releasing gift packs of four premium spirit brands in time for Father's Day.
Read more...Pernod Ricard is carrying out a radical shake-up of it senior team - spurred on by the retirement of Lionel Breton from Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouet.
Read more...Douglas Blyde talks to dandy and gourmet, Nicolas Kenedi, the official adviser to Martell on its 'Pure Gourmet' food matching philosophy...
Read more...Imagine, a woman - let's say between the ages of 22 and 63 - walks into a cocktail bar, somewhere in the world. She's had a long, hard day bashing away at the glass ceiling at the law firm/pension provider/bank where she works, and she just wants to sit at the bar and forget it all for a while, before heading home to her version of domestic bliss.
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As the numbers were crunched from the 1,380 completed tasting and assessment sheets filled in by the 34 invited bartenders, sommeliers, retailers and journalists, early conclusions after the four days of the fifth annual International Cognac Summit, held at the end of January, included the perhaps surprising view that packaging was broadly considered not to be important to women buying Cognac by the bottle.
Cognac had a record-breaking year in 2011 spearheaded by a rise in Chinese consumption - global sales grew 6.4% on the previous year.
Read more...The fifth annual International Cognac Summit (ICS) concluded this week, following four days of intensive analysis and discussion by an international panel on the theme of "Cognac and women".
Read more...Rémy Martin is withdrawing its original VSOP from the European market and launching a mature cask finish expression in its place.
Read more...Champagne producers certainly have a thing or two to learn from their French neighbours in Cognac about remaining true to their luxury roots.
Read more...Courvoisier is continuing with its misson to promote punch with a new, Christmas-themed Charles Dickens tour around London.
Read more...French chef, Raymond Blanc, has teamed up with luxury cognac brand, Martell, to host Harrods' first live dining experience in its Brompton Road windows.
Read more...Anyone walking past Harrods on Brompton Road by the corner of Hans Road before October 22 can have a look at the sumptuous Martell 'trunk' on display behind the famous old London store's windows. It's shaped more like a bookcase than a suitcase and, thanks to its special contents, carries a cool RRP of £200,000. Only two have been made - the other being in the Far East - and for serious Cognac connoisseurs with money to blow, this represents a must-have toy.
Read more...Twenty-five rare Cognacs will go under the hammer at the sixth annual Cognac charity auction.
Read more...Wine and spirits sales in the travel retail sector have hit their highest levels since 1999, according to a new report.
Read more...Maxxium UK has announced the UK cognac market is back in growth by 10% in volume and value, due to its brand Courvoisier, which it says is propelling the spirit forward.
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