PeterBCognac
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Trying to rid my account of all the people who seem to have latched me onto them uninvited... It is not supposed to work like this surely?
10:00 AM Sep 28th
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The Champagne Cognac regions are nothing to do with sparkling wine from NE France. The word comes from “campagne”, meaning countryside.
4:12 AM Aug 26th
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Phylloxera disaster in 1870’s reduced cognac production area by 85% from 280,000 to 40,000 hectares. The production area is now c 80,000 HA.
3:52 AM Aug 25th
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150 years ago cognac was made from the Balzac grape, now known as Mouvèrdre in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. All grapes used now are white grapes.
4:55 AM Aug 24th
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Message from the field; climbing in Wales, just had a BBQ at the campsite - finished off nicely with the G-P Vieille Réserve; parfait...!
7:33 AM Aug 22nd
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@ - Beam me up Scotty...!
7:37 AM Aug 21st
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A fantastic representation of state oppression and the power of the individual from Ukraine - see
7:17 AM Aug 21st
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Cognac producers also make Pineaux des Charentes, a fabulous aperitif; it is ignored outside the cognac area! Try it!
4:09 AM Aug 21st
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Cognac alongside a cup of coffee, with a chocolate - or on its own?
1:09 PM Aug 20th
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Singapore is the world's second largest importer of Cognac: 20 million bottles per year, despite having a population of less than 5 million!
1:03 PM Aug 20th
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To tell the quality of a cognac, look at how long the residue – the “legs” takes to run down the glass – the longer it takes, the better.
3:53 AM Aug 20th
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@ Mark - do make sure that the Chinese are 100% real, there are so many chinese scammers out there, Guilin a big problem, & others
9:04 AM Aug 19th
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in reply to marklcohen
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@ Apologies! I don't understand this medium, so failed to respond to your direct message. Yes, very much in the cognac business!
12:20 PM Aug 18th
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in reply to Flavorbank
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@ Is it April 1st!!? South England struggles, but does make some great wines; it'll be years before warming allows this in Scotland
4:39 AM Aug 18th
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in reply to the_nose
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@ Many thanks for following. Grammar is something Americans don't understand! (It's with the apostrophe is just short for it is.)
8:15 AM Aug 17th
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in reply to yuriradchuk
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The Angel's share of each year's Cognac production contains as much alcohol as twenty million bottles! Is liver failure a problem in heaven?
4:55 AM Aug 17th
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Re haggis and whisky not being Scottish; I suppose at least the Scots can hold up their male skirts - so to speak...
3:25 AM Aug 4th
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@ Haggis is English & Whisky came from China; if Rabbie Burns was found to be Irish the Scots would have nothing sacred left...
12:16 AM Aug 3rd
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in reply to Ade1965
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I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy...
12:11 AM Aug 3rd
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@ Still don't fully understand this medium, get lots of strange followers, are there programmes that generate followers? Thanks
12:09 AM Aug 3rd
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in reply to donreith
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- Name Peter Bowyer
- Location England
- Web http://www.secogn...
- Bio Likes - things made carefully in small numbers. Dislikes - mass produced, over-hyped, over-sold mediocre stuff of all sorts.
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