cognac
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A higher quality XO cognac requires foresight of at least a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The businessman, who made his money in cognac and real estate, had renounced his Ukrainian citizenship some years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Champagne and cognac accounted for 40 percent of the export values, at around 600 million euros each.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
In the two weeks preceding the election, Moscow banned the export of Armenian flowers, mineral water, cognac, fresh vegetables and fruit.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Cheery oh. Cheery oh to you, Miss. What a lovely girl. I will bring you better cognac than that.”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
Macron brought up some particularly French concerns, including China’s threat of tariffs on cognacs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
For long, rum has been relegated to the bottom shelf of bar cabinets around the world with whiskeys, cognacs and gins taking prime slots.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2023
There’s a brass lamp from Rick’s, fringed with imitation gemstones, and two rattan chairs where Europe’s desperate and displaced drank their cognacs and plotted their escapes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
Jesse Cyr, the talented barman who made his name at Rob Roy in Belltown, curated this ambitious cocktail and spirits list that features Japanese gin, some stellar cognacs and other vintages and limited releases.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
But the two fish-buyers, who had had both one and two cognacs with their coffee, were quite taken up with her.
From Norse Tales and Sketches by Alexander Lange Kielland
