Cognac is a variety of brandy made from white wine, traditionally very dry and thin. The spirit is distilled twice and aged in French barrels, which impart flavor. “As far as Hennessy is ...

According to the CGT labor union, Hennessy-owner LVMH is considering a plan to export distilled cognac to China, where it will be bottled on-site in an attempt to avert brandy tariffs recently ...

Hundreds of employees of French cognac maker Hennessy on Thursday staged a protest ... from which the iconic brandy takes its name, earlier this month went on strike to protest a plan to export ...

the ministry said in October as it imposed temporary measures on EU brandy imports, hitting French brands including Hennessy and Remy Martin. The probe was widely seen as the outcome of France's ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French cognac maker Hennessy has suspended a plan to bottle its brandy in China to avoid import tariffs, staff briefed by management said on Tuesday, after hundreds of workers went ...

French brandy producers said the duties, which will hit big brands including Hennessy and Remy Martin, would be "catastrophic" for the industry. Shares in brandy companies dropped after the ...

Under the plan, materials including glassware, labels, corks and boxes would be shipped to China, where brandy would then be bottled. Hennessy had said it was "suspending" -- but not cancelling ...