Drinkhacker
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To know Cognac the spirit is to know Cognac the place.
Cognac is the product of a minuscule region, rigorously protected by law and produced here and only here for centuries. This tiny town in the west of France is fully built by, for, and around the production of the world’s most famous brandy. “Without Cognac [the spirit], this would just be a small farming village.” It’s a variation on a refrain I would hear more than once over the four days I spent in this remote, detached, and yet wholly loveable place. And the good news is that, once you do get here, there is plenty of Cognac — the spirit, again — to go around.