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Brandy & Cognac

Every brandy & cognac page in the Academy — written from primary sources, linked to bottles you can actually buy.

Dozens of traditional clay botija jars lying in rows at an adobe-walled pisco bodega in Ica, Peru.Level 2Pisco Unaged grape brandy from South America's Pacific coast, defined by two national laws: Peru's and Chile's. Same name, ... Rows of dark oak casks stacked under whitewashed arches in a large Jerez bodega.Level 2Brandy de Jerez Spanish grape brandy aged in ex-sherry butts through a solera in the Jerez triangle. Solera, Reserva and Gran Reserva... Long rows of green grapevines stretching toward a tree line under a pale sky in the Armagnac countryside.Level 2Armagnac Gascony's grape brandy: mostly one pass through a copper column still, aged in 400-liter oak pièces, sometimes vintag... A close-up pile of ripe golden mirabelle plums.Level 2Eau-de-vie and Fruit Brandy Clear spirits distilled from cherries, plums, pears, apricots and berries. Kirsch, slivovitz, mirabelle and Williams ... A heap of purple grape pomace, the skins and seeds left after pressing, beside a row of vines.Level 2Grappa and Marc Brandy from what winemaking leaves behind: grape skins, pulp and seeds. Grappa is Italy's protected version; marc is ... Blossoming apple trees in a grassy Normandy orchard with dairy cows grazing beneath them.Level 2Calvados Normandy's cider and perry brandy: three appellations, pot or column still, at least two years in oak, and an apple y... Two copper alembic pot stills, one with a curved swan neck, lit warmly against a dark distillery wall.Level 1 · Start hereBrandy Distilled fruit, most often wine, usually rested in oak. Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados, pisco, grappa and kirsch all sta... A Charentais copper pot still with its onion-shaped wine preheater, set in a brick furnace inside a distillery.Level 2Cognac Charente wine, distilled twice in copper and aged at least two years in oak. VS, VSOP and XO are legal age codes, not... A panoramic California vineyard in autumn colour, with oak-covered hills under a blue sky in Mendocino County.Level 2American Brandy What brandy means on a U.S. label: grape brandy by default, applejack for apples, immature under two years, and fruit...

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