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  2. Brandy - Wikipedia

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    The term brandy is a shortening of the archaic English brandewine or brandywine, [22] which was derived from the Dutch word brandewijn, itself derived from gebrande wijn, which literally means "burned wine" [23] and whose cognates include brännvin and brennivín.

  3. Fortified wine - Wikipedia

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    Fortified wine is a wine to which a distilled spirit, usually brandy, has been added. [1] In the course of some centuries, [ 2 ] winemakers have developed many different styles of fortified wine, including port , sherry , madeira , Marsala , Commandaria wine , and the aromatised wine vermouth .

  4. Cognac - Wikipedia

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    Cognac (/ ˈ k ɒ n. j æ k / KON-yak, also US: / ˈ k oʊ n-, ˈ k ɔː n-/ KOHN-, KAWN-, [2] [3] [4] French: ⓘ) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France.It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.

  5. Armagnac - Wikipedia

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    Armagnac (/ ˈ ɑːr m ə n. j æ k /, French:) is a distinctive kind of brandy produced in the Armagnac region in Gascony, southwest France. It is distilled from wine usually made from a blend of grapes including Baco 22A, Colombard, Folle blanche and Ugni blanc, traditionally using column stills.

  6. Wine - Wikipedia

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    Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented fruit. ... Fortified wines (usually with brandy) may contain 20% alcohol or more. Religious significance

  7. Rémy Cointreau - Wikipedia

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    Rémy Cointreau is a French, family-owned business group specialized in the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages.The group's products include cognac (Rémy Martin, Louis XIII), triple sec (), the Greek spirit Metaxa, rum (), brandy (St-Rémy), gin (The Botanist) and whisky (Bruichladdich, Port Charlotte, Westland, Domaine des Hautes Alpes).

  8. Calvados - Wikipedia

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    Calvados apples. Calvados is distilled from cider made from specially grown and selected apples, from over 200 named varieties. It is not uncommon for a calvados producer to use over 100 specific varieties of apples [citation needed] which are either sweet (such as the 'Rouge Duret' variety), tart (such as the 'Rambault' variety), or bitter (such as the 'Mettais', 'Saint Martin', 'Frequin ...

  9. Thomas Angove - Wikipedia

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    In 1925, he made the first Angove brandy, using neutral white grape varieties and the traditional double distilled, pot-still process, developed in France centuries earlier. The result was the beginning of the St Agnes Brandy label. The style revolutionised the Australian brandy market with other distillers following the lead he set.