As with many French wine-and-spirits designations, cognac is the name of a place, and just to the south of Cognac, in Gascony, is Armagnac. There you'll find true artisans making brandies of far ...

Armagnac, on the other hand, is made in a specific appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) in France, located in Gascony, which is south of Bordeaux. Moreover, significantly more Cognac than ...

It comes traditionally from Gascony, in southwest France, and from small, often family-owned producers, unlike the big ...