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: a brandy from the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime distilled from white wine
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Other recipes that recommend using yellow or sweet onions or even shallots, or a mixture of onions, call for a lighter, golden-brown caramelization or use white wine or cognac as the alcohol, as well as other seasonings.
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Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
There’s also a trolley holding spirit casks that gets wheeled out for guests to enjoy a brandy or cognac poured straight from the cask as a post-dinner digestif.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
The Warhol silkscreen was originally commissioned for an ad campaign for Grand Passion cognac.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Artisanal producers often age their cognacs well beyond the minimum legal requirements.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
There’s also a trolley holding spirit casks that gets wheeled out for guests to enjoy a brandy or cognac poured straight from the cask as a post-dinner digestif.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
The Warhol silkscreen was originally commissioned for an ad campaign for Grand Passion cognac.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Artisanal producers often age their cognacs well beyond the minimum legal requirements.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Cognac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cognac. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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named for Cognac, town in France in and near which it is made
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