SPIRITS BUSINESS STUDENTS IN FRANCE INTRODUCED WITH CRAFT COGNAC

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Cognac and Cocktail Event in Cognac, France.

Organised by Association Elixir from the Université des Eaux-de-Vie from Segonzac and Le Garage Bar in Cognac.

Le Garage Bar is an iconic bar in Cognac owned by the Berniers for almost 20 years. Originally, the bar was a garage dealership for DeDion, Panhard and other luxury French. Now, Le Garage Bar has kept this spirit but changed into a trendy and fun bar in Cognac where everyone can relax and taste a cognac cocktails.

Le Garage Bar in Cognac, France

You will taste the new cognac Comandon X Le Garage Bar.

When: Thursday 25th October 2018
When: Le Garage Bar: 3 rue de l'isle d'or, 16100 Cognac, France
Starting at 7pm

Le Garage Bar will serve 4 Cocktails made with the unique small batch cognac produced by Comandon, le Comandon X Le Garage, fabriqué en lot unique et avec une passion artisanale.

COMANDON X LE GARAGE COGNAC, CRAFT, SMALL BATCH, LIMITED EDITION, UN-CHILLED FILTRED, SINGLE DISTILLERY

7 € per cocktail or 12 € for 2 cocktails

Specialty foods will be availble exclusively made for this event by the chef of Le Garage Bar.

This event will profit and fund/donation to the Elixir Club, student club from the University des Eaux-de-Vie, so as to offer scholarships to finance the last year trip which is part of the curriculum for the Master 2 Management of Spritis Business in Segonzac, France.

JENNIFER LE NECHET FIRST FEMALE WORLD BEST BARTENDER

Jennifer Le Nechet from Café Moderne in Paris wins the 2016 World Class Bartender competition organized by DIAGEO.

Jennifer Le Nechet is named World’s Best Bartender 2016

Almost 10,000 bartenders entered the Diageo-run global competition, which marked its eighth anniversary in 2016.

After a series of regional heats, 56 made it through to the Miami-based final, where bartenders took part in a series of challenges to assess technique, personality, spirits knowledge and performance under pressure.

In addition to naming the winner, judges also announced five runners up: Dries Botty from Belgium; Adrián Michalčík, Czech Republic; Jonas Andersen, Denmark; Ryu Fujii, Japan; and Nick Wu, Taiwan.

Le Nechet, the first female bartender to win the title.

Source: the Spirits Business

MIXOLOGISTS ARE REGAINING INTERESTS IN COGNACS

CognacParadis.com talks about how mixologists are regaining interests for cognac because of its old world appeal and historical significance in the bar tending industry. It was once upon a time a key ingredient used by bartenders.

Mixology and Bottle of Cognac

This trend is wide spreading within the brandy category which includes other products such as Armagnac or Calvados, etc.

Although cognacs are less affordable, they are still favored by high-end bars in large metropolitan areas.

Source: CognacParadis.com