Here’s a factoid that visitors to Gascony are likely to hear eventually: The quantity of Armagnac produced in any given year is equivalent to the angel’s share—the volume of spirit lost to evaporation ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Armagnac – it strikes me as I drive through the green hills south of Agen – is not so much la France profonde as ...

"If you drink cognac there is no reason why you shouldn't drink armagnac. We have very similar products. We have our differences, but let's talk about the similarities first," says Olivier Dusautoir, ...

Sleepy Blonde d’Aquitaine cows, beefy in every respect, chew the cud. A bull stands sentinel among them, his great muscled flanks shivering at the occasional tickle of a fly. In the farmyard behind, ...

Margaret SwaineArmagnac from the Gascony region of south-western France doesn't play second fiddle to its more famous spirituous neighbour to the north, Cognac You can save this article by registering ...

On a darkening, cold afternoon, before a crackling fireplace inside Fine & Rare’s candlelit dining room, several servers and bartenders gathered recently for a training seminar on the lesser-known ...