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Hennessy is also used as an ingredient in cocktails and mixed drinks, and is commonly served in nightclubs and bars. [14] The company has launched a number of new products aimed at this on-premises market, including Pure White, Hennessy Black [23] and Fine de Cognac, and promoted them accordingly. [24]
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Courvoisier was the first cognac brand to appear on TV with an advertisement on UK television broadcast to nine million viewers. In 2009, Courvoisier was the first alcohol brand to release a 3D advertisement, titled "Cognac With Another Dimension", on TV and in cinemas, ahead of the viewing of the biggest-grossing film of all time, Avatar. [12]
Founded in 1724 and based in the commune of Cognac, it is among the oldest cognac producers still in existence. [1] and one of the "big four" cognac houses (along with Hennessy, Courvoisier and Martell), responsible for producing most of the world's cognac. [2] The brand specialises in creating Cognac Fine Champagne.
Between the Sheets: cognac, white rum, triple sec and fresh lemon juice. French Connection: equal amounts of cognac and amaretto liqueur. Sazerac: cognac, absinthe, Peychaud's Bitters, and a sugar cube. Sidecar: traditionally made with cognac, an orange liqueur, and lemon juice. Stinger: cognac with a white crème de menthe.
It is the oldest of the "big four" cognac houses (the others are Hennessy, Rémy Martin and Courvoisier), who together produce most of the world's cognac. [1] Formerly owned by the Seagram spirits empire, it is now part of the Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët (MMPJ) subsidiary of the French wines and spirits conglomerate Pernod Ricard . [ 2 ]
Moët & Chandon merged with Hennessy Cognac in 1971 and with Louis Vuitton in 1987 to become LVMH (Louis-Vuitton-Moët-Hennessy), the largest luxury group in the world, netting over 16 billion euros in fiscal 2004. Moët & Chandon was holding a royal warrant as supplier of champagne to Queen Elizabeth II. [5] [3] [6]
The brand was founded in 1947 by the Pinet Casillion company in Cognac. [4] Raynal was founded in Jarnac in 1840 and used the brand 'Pellisson'. The brandy was marketed in the United Kingdom as "Three Barrels Brandy" from 1947 and elsewhere as Raynal. Pellisson acquired Raynal in 1975 and Raynal & Cie was bought by William Grant & Sons in 2005.