Sales were “overall below the most conservative buyside expectations,” Citi analysts said, with wines and spirits suffering the sharpest decline.

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Protected geographical indicators have underpinned premiumisation in spirits, but cause headaches in a deglobalised ...

Pierre Louis Giboin's family have been making cognac for more than 200 years and have faced threats from war, the weather and pestilence. But never, until recently, from one of their best customers.

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This poetic term originates in the tranquil town of Cognac, France, where the Charente River flows through the lush vineyards that give birth to the iconic spirit. Friends of Maison Hennessy ...

From the 17th century, when Dutch businessmen brought their know-how to the region and taught locals how to make brandy ... before cognac brands led by Hennessy started heavily advertising ...