Craft Your Own Cognac – Private Workshop
Blend your own cognac in a prestigious house or a craft distillery. A luxury hands-on experience and a personalized bottle to take home.
Craft Your Own Cognac – Private Workshop
Craft Your Own Cognac, a signature blending experience to discover the secrets of Cognac through an immersive Master Blender workshop, offered in two distinct and equally captivating settings: the prestigious cellars of a historic cognac house, or the warm intimacy of a traditional, family-run distillery.
We also offer Pineau des Charentes and Bordeaux wine blending workshops with producers on their estate premises.
Create your own cognac – Harmony of aromas
The Grande Maison Experience
Enter the hallowed halls of a renowned cognac house, where heritage and elegance meet. Begin with a private tour of the estate and its centuries-old cellars. Guided by a cellar master and their expert team, you’ll explore a curated tasting of eaux-de-vie from different crus and vintages, gaining insight into age, terroir and cask influence. Then, in a refined blending atelier, craft your own cognac using professional tools and techniques. Your custom blend is recorded in the House’s register, and you’ll bottle your creation to take home, a one-of-a-kind souvenir of your time in Cognac.
The Artisanal Distillery Experience
For those seeking authenticity and craftsmanship, this workshop takes place in a hidden gem of the Charente countryside, a boutique distillery where time-honoured traditions thrive. Meet a passionate craft distiller, tour the copper pot stills, and, when in season, witness live distillation. In the ageing cellar, learn how oak and time transform spirit into cognac, before creating your bespoke blend using hand-selected eaux-de-vie. Your bottle is labelled, corked and sealed on-site, a true expression of terroir and personality.
Some will tell you that this type of workshop is reserved for men. Our findings contradict this cliché and prove the opposite, as the development of a cognac is very similar to that of a perfume.
Both workshops are ideal for couples, private groups, or special celebrations. Whichever you choose, you’ll leave with insider knowledge, elevated taste, and your own signature cognac.
Contact us to design your ideal experience. Our team is ready to help you create an unforgettable moment in the heart of the Cognac region.
Workshop highlights
– Workshops with distillers and producers
– Discovery of aromas and individual harmonization
– Impact of aging on blends
– Workshops including tastings of several products
– Workshops located on wine estates
Duration
From 1 to 3 hours
Location of workshops
Within a 30 km radius of the town of Cognac
Number of participants
From 2 people
Price
Cognac: from €150 per participant
Pineau des Charentes, Wine : upon request
Depending on your preferences and constraints : type of producer (artisan distiller, merchant), workshop location (in town, in the vineyard)
Workshops include
- Guided tour of the estate by an in-house guide
- Tasting of several of the estate’s products
- Bottle of the blended product taken home as a souvenir
- Possibility to purchase on site(optional)
Workshops do not include
- Transportation to the workshop location
- Personal insurance
- Services not mentioned in the description provided
Practical arrangements
Choose your blending experience
Are you a Cognac, Pineau des Charentes, or wine person ?
For these three products, we offer blending workshops with professional producers. The workshops take place on their premises, as close as possible to their facilities, from vineyard work to bottling.
These experiences, rich in sharing and expertise, are ideally organized for small groups of 2 to 8 people looking for a unique and memorable experience.
Complete your discovery
Why not visit other artisans ?
Our region is full of producers, whether they produce food products (caviar, local cheeses, preserves, etc.) or traditional or highly modern objects.
We can introduce you to artisans whose work will surprise you.
Depending on your interests, we can also offer you a tour of a castle or abbey.
Offer a gift coupon
Offer a bespoke visit as a gift voucher to a friend, for the retirement of an office colleague, or for any special occasion.
More than just a gift, it’s an unforgettable moment to share, personalized to the tastes of the recipient, who can enjoy it at their leisure.
A refined and thoughtful alternative to traditional gifts, ideal for discerning connoisseurs.
Other experiences, workshops or visits
Cognac Tasting Masterclass
Tasting workshop where you go back in time to understand how cognac,produced locally, has become a luxury product around the world
Cognac distillery & Bordeaux winery – Day-trip
Craft your own Bordeaux wine and uncover the secrets of Cognac in a refined day tour through iconic Cognac and Bordeaux vineyards