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“To travel without meeting the other is not to travel, it is to move”
Alexandra David Neel
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Jean-Luc, founder of Cognac Tasting Tour, our agency, presents here specific moments of the Cognac vineyard and meetings with some of the “characters” that can be met there.
By sharing these experiences our wish is to arouse your curiosity and encourage you to come and cross the white paths that wind through the vineyards and along the Charente river, in this discreet land sometimes called “French Tuscany”, where we still know how to give time to time.
Pineau des Charentes: The Other Treasure of the Cognac Vineyard
Discover the history, production and tasting of Pineau des Charentes, the AOC fortified wine of the Cognac vineyard. A guide by Cognac Tasting Tour.
The elaboration of Cognac
Harvest, double distillation, cooperage, ageing and blending: how cognac is really made, explained by a BNIC-certified Cognac Educator in Charente.
The Cognac appellation: what the word guarantees
The 1909 delimited area, six crus, permitted grapes, VS to XXO age accounts: what the Cognac appellation guarantees, by a BNIC-certified Cognac Educator.
Cognac Tasting Tour wishes you a Happy New Year
Season’s greetings from Cognac Tasting Tour: our best wishes for the new year and an invitation to discover the Cognac vineyards of Charente.
Getaway to Relais de Saint Preuil
Spend your next getaway in the Cognac vineyard: the Relais de Saint-Preuil, an 18th-century guesthouse with a pool facing the vines, far from the crowds.
Between Charente and vineyards, bike and canoe ride
Go on an adventure by bike or canoe to discover the cognac vineyards and the Charente river for a “benèze” day, as the people of Charente say!