tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post8249355345904365416..comments2024-03-13T04:04:32.568-07:00Comments on Sku's Recent Eats: Brandy Friday: Nicolas Palazzi's Cognac Missionskuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-16611033381849430682011-11-07T15:36:11.063-08:002011-11-07T15:36:11.063-08:00Thanks for your comments Tom. I didn't know t...Thanks for your comments Tom. I didn't know they were doing better sutff in France, but I guess that makes sense.<br /><br />The Cognac market, as you describe it, seems analogous to Scotch whisky market when it was dominated by blends and most good malt went straight into the big blends, with very little coming out on its own. Hopefully, Cognac will move in the same direction that Scotch has with regard to smaller distillers releasing their spirit to the public.skunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-30807066508370656482011-11-06T12:48:23.590-08:002011-11-06T12:48:23.590-08:00Cognac has benefited enormously from the marketing...Cognac has benefited enormously from the marketing strength of the big houses (Hennessy, Martel, Remy Martin, Courvoisier). But the product has also suffered from the stodginess of these same houses. Cognac must be blended and sold at 40%, the big houses have long preached. Just as Irish whiskey producers long claimed that Irish whiskey must be triple distilled, unpeated, and sold at 40%. Hopefully, new market forces in cognac will force a recognition that small grower-distillers of cognac (from whom the big houses buy) often produce distinctive brandies that can be enjoyed unblended and at higher than 40%. I hope we will see more and more of these products on the U.S. market. They have been widely available in France for some time.<br /><br />Tom TrolandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-10413548675528104512011-11-03T21:20:53.033-07:002011-11-03T21:20:53.033-07:00You're right. It's 19 years old. So happy ...You're right. It's 19 years old. So happy you like it!David Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-77722874771584306882011-11-03T21:11:52.861-07:002011-11-03T21:11:52.861-07:00The fact that you liked/understood this bottling i...The fact that you liked/understood this bottling is very cool. The goal is to - modestly - taking cognac out of its boring/sleepy phase by offering things that are different.<br />Thx for the support!NPhttp://www.pmspirits.comnoreply@blogger.com