Cognac

You are literally spoiled for choice here: Camus, Hennessy, Larsen, Martell, Baron Otard, Remy-Martin just to name a few. Entry fees vary greatly: from 7 euro/adult, free for under 18 at Camus up to 25 euro/adult (12-18 years old - 7 euro) at La Maison Rémy Martin. Some houses as Hennessy, Martell and Baron Otard organise English tours as well. We decided to head for the world's oldest cognac producer - Martell. Just a bit of history: Jean Martell arrived from his native island of Jersey in 1715 to set up his own eaux-de-vie trading. From innovation to perfection: during the tour you will learn about the complex processes of double distillitaion, in the workshop you will see up to 1000 samples and bottles of eaux-de-vie (for example more than 150 different types of eaux-de-vie go into making Martell Cordon Blue cognac). In the storehouse you can actually smell it and you will be told about "the angel's share" - up to 3% of the caskes volume... just disappears. The tour was absolutely fantastic and many thanks to our guide real English-French gentleman, his eloquence in classical English language is a rare occurrence in nowadays mainstream English media!