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The principle of the cognac production dates from the 17th century. Dutch ships were doing at that moment for decades on the coasts of Charente. The crew hit on this occasion like wine. Since these inboette by the long journey to quality, grown in the Dutch demand for distilled wine (brandy), which was longer. The inhabitants of the Charente developed at the end of the 17th century, the second distillation.

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[/pb_text][/pb_column][/pb_row][pb_row background="image" image="images/cognacflessenscherp.jpg" position="center center" paralax="yes" parallax_scroll="no" border_width_value_="0" border_style="solid" border_color="#000" width_unit="%" div_padding_top="300" div_padding_right="10" div_padding_bottom="20" div_padding_left="10" ][pb_column span="span12"][pb_heading el_title="Heading 2" tag="h1" div_margin_top="180" text_align="center" font="custom" font_face_type="google fonts" font_face_value="Shadows Into Light" font_style="bold" color="#ffffff" border_bottom_style="solid" border_bottom_color="#000000" appearing_animation="slide_from_left" appearing_animation_speed="medium" ]Breng een bezoek aan de kleine producenten en proef de kwaliteit van hun produkt.[/pb_heading][/pb_column][/pb_row][pb_row background="none" solid_color_value="#FFFFFF" solid_color_color="#ffffff" gradient_color="0% #FFFFFF,100% #000000" gradient_color_css="" gradient_direction="vertical" pattern="" repeat="full" image="" stretch="none" position="center center" paralax="no" parallax_scroll="no" video_url="" autoplay="no" border_width_value_="0" border_style="solid" border_color="#000" width_value="" width_unit="%" div_padding="" div_padding_top="10" div_padding_bottom="10" div_padding_right="10" div_padding_left="10" css_suffix="" id_wrapper="" ][pb_column span="span4"][pb_image el_title="Image 6" image_file="images/cognacvaten2.png" image_size="large" link_type="no_link" image_container_style="img-rounded" image_alignment="center" appearing_animation="slide_from_left" appearing_animation_speed="medium" ][/pb_image][pb_text el_title="Cognac text4" width_unit="%" enable_dropcap="yes" dropcap_font_face_type="standard fonts" dropcap_font_face_value="Verdana" dropcap_font_size="64" dropcap_font_style="normal" dropcap_font_color="#d97334" appearing_animation="0" ]After the plague was under control, there was also a need for more stringent protection of cognac. And definition In 1909 cognac was an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, and this was confirmed in 1936. Before the First World War had the drink England as chief market recaptured and from there the colonies.[/pb_text][/pb_column][pb_column span="span4"][pb_image el_title="Image 4" image_file="images/SAM_1602.png" image_size="large" link_type="no_link" image_container_style="img-rounded" image_alignment="center" appearing_animation="0" ][/pb_image][pb_text el_title="Cognac text5" width_unit="%" enable_dropcap="yes" dropcap_font_face_type="standard fonts" dropcap_font_face_value="Verdana" dropcap_font_size="64" dropcap_font_style="normal" dropcap_font_color="#d97334" appearing_animation="0" ]The First World War ushered in another difficult period that lasted until the end of the Second World War. After the demand for cognac rose again and the BOARD, the Bureau national interprofessionnel du cognac, was established. This setting must protect the quality and reputation of the cognac. In 1976 the production had overtaken demand for cognac and came another crisis in the market by overproduction.[/pb_text][/pb_column][pb_column span="span4"][pb_image el_title="Image 5" image_file="images/cognactown.png" image_size="large" link_type="no_link" image_container_style="img-rounded" image_alignment="center" appearing_animation="slide_from_right" appearing_animation_speed="medium" ][/pb_image][pb_text el_title="Cognac text6" width_unit="%" enable_dropcap="yes" dropcap_font_face_type="standard fonts" dropcap_font_face_value="Verdana" dropcap_font_size="64" dropcap_font_style="normal" dropcap_font_color="#d97334" appearing_animation="0" ]Since 1997, the demand for cognac rises again. One of the reason is that cognac has taken a cult place in the rapper culture of America. In Asia the demand for superior cognac rises also.[/pb_text][/pb_column][/pb_row][pb_row background="none" border_width_value_="0" border_style="solid" border_color="#000" width_unit="%" div_padding_top="10" div_padding_right="10" div_padding_bottom="10" div_padding_left="10" ][pb_column span="span12"][pb_divider el_title="Divider 1 copy copy" div_border_width="2" div_border_style="solid" div_border_color="#ebab81" appearing_animation="0" ][/pb_divider][/pb_column][/pb_row][pb_row background="none" solid_color_value="#FFFFFF" solid_color_color="#ffffff" gradient_color="0% #FFFFFF,100% #000000" gradient_color_css="" gradient_direction="vertical" pattern="" repeat="full" image="" stretch="none" position="center center" paralax="no" parallax_scroll="no" video_url="" autoplay="no" border_width_value_="0" border_style="solid" border_color="#000" width_value="" width_unit="%" div_padding="" div_padding_top="10" div_padding_bottom="10" div_padding_right="10" div_padding_left="10" css_suffix="" id_wrapper="" ][pb_column span="span6"][pb_promobox el_title="Promotion Box cognac" pb_title="Een bezoek aan Cognac" pb_button_title="Button Title" link_type="url" pb_button_url="http://" pb_button_open_in="current_browser" pb_bg_value="#ebab81" pb_bg_color="#ebab81" pb_border_top="0" pb_border_right="0" pb_border_bottom="0" pb_border_left="0" pb_border_value="#e0cd3d" pb_border_color="#e0cd3d" pb_show_drop="yes" elements="title__#__content__#__ " title_font="inherit" pb_button_size="default" pb_button_color="btn-default" appearing_animation="slide_from_left" appearing_animation_speed="medium" ]

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