Hine Cognac recently debuted its latest luxury expression, Hine XO 1er Cru, marking a significant shift for the brand known for its 260-year legacy in the production of fine cognac. Hine XO 1er Cru, ...

Christopher Friedmann is an award-winning journalist and has spent over a decade in journalism covering everything from wine & spirits to travel to music, finance, and technology. Cognac, the most ...

If you have even a passing familiarity with the famous boulevard in Paris, I suspect I know what’s happening in your brain when you hear its name. The cultural idea of France is already imbued with ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s strange to be surrounded by vines, flame-coloured and curling as autumn progresses, but sampling seemingly everything except wine.

It’s strange to be surrounded by vines, flame-coloured and curling as autumn progresses, but sampling seemingly everything except wine. It’s even stranger, seeing as I’m in France. However, the ...

The proprietor, Stéphane Roudier, is apologetic, first for the appearance of his aging stillhouse, then for the lack of heating in this unseasonably cold winter. “We have no investors,” he explains.