Cognac: The Seductive Saga of the World's Most Coveted Spirit
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Kyle Jarrard
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"Rich in history and admirable scholarship. . . . It's a fine grande champagne of a book, to be savored over and over." -Patricia Wells, author of The Provence Cookbook
Called the "brandy of the gods" by Victor Hugo, Cognac is a universal symbol of refinement and quality. In the first comprehensive history of this celebrated drink, Kyle Jarrard charts Cognac's birth in the 1500s and its transformation into the world's most coveted brandy. Along the way, he reveals how Cognac distillers weathered vineyard die-offs, the German occupation, and other challenges over the years-and offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Hennessy, Remy-Martin, Courvoisier, Martell, and other legendary brands.
For any Cognac lover, this fascinating book will make the perfect gift.
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Book details
- Author
- Kyle Jarrard
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 256
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Cooking › Beverages › Alcoholic
History › Europe › Western
Cooking › History - Topics
- brandy · history of spirits · French wine regions · distilling history · Hennessy · Courvoisier · European history
- ISBN-13
- 9780471459446 (Hardcover)9781681629148 (Paperback)
About the author
KYLE JARRARD is a former senior editor at the International Herald Tribune and the International New York Times in Paris and the author of five books. His recent books include The Old World Dies, Rolling the Bones and Over There.
The Old World Dies received a starred review from Kirkus. Jarrard’s work has also appeared in North American Review and Mississippi Review.
When he’s not writing, Jarrard draws on more than three decades of life in France, where he lived from 1981 for 37 years. His nonfiction work Cognac: The Seductive Saga of the World’s Most Coveted Spirit was the first comprehensive history of the famous brandy.
Kyle lives on a barrier island off Florida.