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The Brandy Trade under the Ancien R©gime

Regional Specialisation in the Charente

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Paperback | 13 August 2002

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In this 1998 study of the brandy trade and its merchants, Professor Cullen explores the development of cognac, the world's most famous spirit product, which emerged as a consequence of a chronic wine surplus. While Professor Cullen focuses on the brandy trade, his findings contradict the view of a 'static' French economy in the eighteenth century. Professor Cullen shows that the brandy trade was based on a sophisticated regional economy, which, by 1720, had become a key component of French involvement in the modern international trading system. Notwithstanding the competition supplied by the emergence of surplus in other cereals and by foreign markets, regional specialisation in the Charente was an indispensable element in ensuring the quality of stable output, and was recognised in the region's success in attracting foreign n©gociants, such as the household names of Martell and Hennessy.

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"...a finely crafted monograph on an important topic." Thomas J. Schaeper, American Historical Review "...fascinating study of the brandy trade...The material is enormously rich...this is a thoughtful book about an important topic. This book makes a real contribution to the subject." Thomas Brennan, Journal of Modern History

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Preface
Abbreviations
Glossary
The emergence of brandy spirits
Brandy and the French economy
Brandy: the distilling process, the product and the industry
Brandy production and internal trade in France
Competing markets: Parisian and foreign demand
The merchants of the brandy regions
The Cognac brandy trade: 1720s-1760s
External challenge in the 1760s: vicissitudes of old and new houses 1762-1778
Brandy business in Bordeaux and Cognac in the 1780s
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The Brandy Trade under the Ancien R©gime

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