cognac

IPA: kˈoʊnjæk

Root Word: Cognac

A city in the Charente department, former region of Poitou-Charentes, region of New Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy.
A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

Examples of "cognac" in Sentences

Hennessy is a brand of cognac, which is a French variety of brandy.
Both were made of the flames of the French spirit called cognac, or brandy.
The cognac is a testimony to Jean Martell whose founding principles are based on the pursuit of perfection.
He also recently established his own liquor brand, Conjure cognac, which is currently available in the Atlanta and Miami markets.
The concept car - in a rich reddish brown dubbed "cognac" - has cream leather seats perforated into a pattern that's meant to resemble champagne bubbles.
It was a cupboard, plentifully filled with bottles of various descriptions, from among which, by her patient's direction, she selected one labelled cognac, and gave him some in water.
Port wine, a Galician tostado, a sweet Monastrell, a fortified Tannat, a German Riesling Kabinett or Spatslese, or most beautifully an aged rum or cognac (cognac is wine at is origin).
Boucherie cooks up tripe stew ($6) and sauteed kidneys in cognac cream ($8.50), blood sausage ($13) and grilled mixed skewers that included, if my memory serves me right, lamb hearts, kidneys, and testicles ($8).
Sitting at his booth at a small desk displaying coffee, pasta, snacks and – pride of place – bottles of Barbancourt rum, described as the "cognac of rums", Avril said the conference was much better than he had expected.