Posted on 09/18/2024 2:18:55 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
On the one hand, 2023 was a great year to be a brandy. While many other categories saw slides for their one-million-case sellers, brandy producers went in the opposite direction with positive growth across the board.
According to Euromonitor International data, the total volume of brandy grew from 163.4 million nine-litre cases in 2022 to 169m in 2023. It’s a sign that perceptions of the category are changing for the better, with brandy now featuring more prominently on cocktail menus and producers being more progressive with innovations.
On the other hand, two of Cognac’s biggest producers, Hennessy and Martell, had years they might want to forget, with both posting volume declines. Rémy Cointreau didn’t disclose its volume sales, while Courvoisier dropped below the million-case mark following a 33.6% fall in volume sales last year.
One of the most impressive performances for brandy this year was outside of the top 10, however, with newcomer Aznauri almost doubling its volume sales to pass the million-case mark for the first time, with 89.5% growth.
Much like brandy, though, the Cognac category is undergoing an image makeover, and its overall volume went up from 17.3m to 18.1m in 2023. The big names will be hoping they can weather the storm and record improved numbers for next year.
Below, we count down the biggest Cognac and brandy brands by volume in 2023 from the brands who supplied data for The Brand Champions 2024 report.
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Congnac for many years had a strange double demographic. Half of it was sold to 50 year old white guys. And, the other half went to young urban black guys. Hence the call: Yack and Coke.
Thank God for Remy Martin Cognac. For saving my life by making the bloody stuff so expensive.
Pete Townshend
The Hine Rare, IMHO, is the best value in Cognac. It’s a REALLY good product and isn’t going to break the bank.
If someone doesn’t mind spending a bit more then Delamain Pale and Dry or Tesseron Lot 76 take things up a significant notch.
Roughly how much is it? I don’t like the fact they don’t post @prices on these and availability.
Brandy is not my thing at all.
I didn’t have much occasion to have cognac, but some recipes I tried a few years ago called for it. So I bought a decent bottle of Martell, since I was just cooking with it. I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked it. So I stock a bottle of it.
I’m a whiskey drinker (Bush Mills, Jameson, George Dickel, Wild Turkey, Knob Creek, etc.) when I go to the hard stuff and only the top shelf versions of those.
I’ll have drinks every now and then when I run out of beer which is my preference of alcohol (lately Warsteiner Dunkel is my favorite).
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