Bache-Gabrielsen
7 janvier 2013
A public inquiry must be conducted from January 22 to February 22 for the relocation of the trading house Bache-Gabrielsen in Louzac-Saint-André.

Liqueur Cointreau
7 janvier 2013
Liqueur Cointreau, Rémy-Cointreau Group represents a turnover of € 215,8 million when the cognac Remy Martin (from the same group) reached € 592 million. It is manufactured in Saint-Barthélémy d’Anjou (Maine-et-Loire).

Cognac business plan
7 janvier 2013
The Interprofessional cognac bureau communicates the first lessons of the study called Eurogroup. It’s a diagnosis made by a firm of the same name on the cognac industry and its evolution driven by a very promising economic dynamics. One prospective production : increasing the rate of renewal and planting current 3,3% to 4,4% per year is already described as "electroshock" by professionals.

Rights to plant vines
3 janvier 2013
The European Parliament has to decide in January, but, planting rights should remain regulated from 1st January 2016.

Bottles of cognac for charity
2 janvier 2013
Rotary Clubs of Cognac and Jarnac want to collect the world’s largest collection of bottles of cognac for sale at auction to benefit charity associations.

Maison Leopold Gourmel
2 janvier 2013
Based in Genté, Leopold Gourmel, founded in 1972, sells about 21,000 cases of cognac per year, 90% for export (in 64 countries).

Corporate Citizenship Award for LVMH
31 décembre 2012
LVMH (which owns Hennessy cognac) received in the offices of the Senate and in the presence of the Minister of city François Lamy trophy Corporate Citizen for its actions in favor of the emergence of young talents in the Montfermeil city in the Paris suburbs. LVMH has identified young designers fashion show "Culture and Creation", taken youth internship, organized job search training "jobstyle". Montfermeil has a particularly high unemployment rate.

Distilleries en fêtes
28 décembre 2012
The members of the association oenotouristic Les Etapes du cognac organize since the beginning of the month "Distilleries festivals". Animations are planned until February. (SO16 p.16, p.26)

Vinocamp in Cognac
28 décembre 2012
BNIC organizes on Saturday, January 12, and Sunday, January 13, 2013 , a meeting in the form of workshops around viral marketing for producers, traders, brands and agencies, bloggers and community managers . (Terres de Cognac, p.4)

Distillation controlled remotely by smartphone
28 décembre 2012
Company Chassors, "The Good Heater" (company selling wood boiler) has developed a smartphone application that manages and controls the stills remotly. Jean Guerbé, distiller living near Segonzac, has tested it successfully. (CL p.10)