Charente, Cognac:Cognac Blues Passions, 4th to 8th July- The 24th year of this festival of Afro-American music, which takes place in the public park in the heart of the town. R&B, gospel, blues, jazz, soul-funk. This year artists include Tasha Taylor, Peter Harper, Archive, Minnie Ma...
For twenty years before his death Alfred de Vigny wrote nothing. He lived in retirement, almost a recluse, in La Charente, rarely visiting Paris. Admitted into L’Academie Francaise in 1845, he describes in his ‘Journal d’un Poete’ his academic visits and the reception held out to him ...
In terms of prices, the notaires state that house prices outside of the Ile-de-France rose by an average of 3.1% over the year, following an increase of 2.9% in 2018. Apartment prices rose by 4.9%. Within the Ile-de-France apartment prices rose by an average of 5.6%, whilst house ...
To the Charente… sort of… Hawkins 8 yo 'Cognac Cask Finish' (40%, OB, blended whisky, Albania, +/-2023) Indeed, Albanian whisky made out of maize, wheat and 15% malted barley, then shipped, finished and bottled in the Charente, France, by cognac makers Famille Cabanne (we've had...
Jean-Luc Pasquet ‘Le Cognac de Christian L.88’ (54.1%, OB, Petite Champagne, 303 bottles, 2019) Obviously some vintage 1988 (don’t quote me here) so around 30 years old. This cognac was sourced at family Meslier in Châteauneuf-sur-Charente by the charming little house J-L Pasquet...
It is surrounded by open countryside and near to amenities and the Atlantic beaches. 8 Bedrooms375m28,800m2Located in Charente-Maritime (17), Poitou-Charentes. View Property Gite Business €1,150,000 Ref: IFPC29123 Charming stone Farmhouse and 7 holiday cottages & barns with a 9 hole ...
Haute-de-Seine -2.5% +0.3% +1.3% +2.5% Val-et-Marne -1.3% -0.2% +1.2% +2.6% Val d'Oise -1.4% -0.4% +0.3% +2.9% Yvelines -3.8% 0.0% +0.8% +2.8% Essonne -1.1% -1.0% +0.1% +3.2% Seine-et-Marne -1.4% -1.5% +0.1% +3.1% NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE Charente -0.3% -...
De nada, my pleasure. (Merci Phil!) February 7, 2021 Five Cognacs with some niaque Just a silly headline, don't bother (niaque means drive, or fighting spirit, more or less). Now they're currently under water in Cognac, because of a very severe flood of the river Charente. ...
This is technically a XO. In general, when cognac makers give you funny numbers such as ‘Lot No. 90’ or else, that means that it is a 1990. It is a blend of Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne and Fins Bois, the house being located in Châteauneuf-sur-Charente. Colour: gold. Nose...
Dobbé ‘VSOP’ (40%, OB, cognac, +/-2015) Some estate cognac from Salignac-sur-Charente that won double gold at the China Wine and Spirits Awards 2015. It’s also one of the thousands of brands that did not manage not to win a medal at the IWSC (ooh that’s cheeky, S.!) Co...