So you think you’re an expert, huh?

1. The chapiteau or hood of an alambic can have different shapes, but which one it can not have?

manufacturing a pot still (question: what's wrong here? Answer: no ear protectors!)

manufacturing a pot still (question: what’s wrong here? Answer: no ear protectors!)

 
 
 
 

2. What are queues (tailes)?

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3. The Charente region is an administrative region in France, now part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine; the Charente region consists of Charente-Maritime and Charente-Inférieure.

 
 

4. Who played a decisive role in the creation of the Cru classification?

 
 
 

5. Before the outbreak of the phylloxera crisis the total extent of the cognac vineyard was 280.000 hectares. How much was it some twenty years later at its lowest?

Almost completely destroyed vineyard at the end of the 19th century.

 
 
 
 
 

6. When was the method of double distillation first used?

 
 
 
 

7. What percentage of cognac is being exported?