Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Cognac is a city in the French département of Charente. This is the town that gave its name to the drink, a kind of brandy, which must be produced in the region around the town of Cognac in order to be called cognac. Additional requirements must be fulfilled: it must be produced from wine using certain grape varieties; it must be obtained through double distillation; it must age in oak barrels, which give it its color and part of its taste. Many of the cognac producers in the town allow visitors to taste their product. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.