Le Château Royal de Cognac

A brief tour through royal Cognac history.

Meukow

There are great houses, small houses and family enterprises, all with one goal – to distill the best Cognac.

Winterly Excursions Here and There

During these last few months in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France, we have occasionally undertaken little drives through the countryside to get to know our new area a little better. It being winter, there was often some rain or fog or mud involved and some of the sites we intended to visit were in deep hibernation waiting […]

Spontaneous Schnapps

Living in a region famous for a very specific and distinct product, namely Cognac, demands of the newbie resident to learn all he or she or both together in our case, can unearth about it. In order to become more familiar with this mysterious eau-de-vie, this water-of-life, one should taste it, n’est-ce pas, which in turn […]