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Cognac
(n.) This grape brandy is made in the Charente region of France. The Dutch invented cognac in the 17th century after experimenting with different types of French wine as a distillate before deciding the examples from the Cognac region worked best. Growers began to produce grapes specifically for distillation of brandy and the center of […]
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