Antoine rtarddeLagrange, co-founder of Ortad Cognac Company. He was born in 1737 in Brevis, near Cognac. He is of Norwegian, Scottish and French descent. He obtained an engineer certificate from the Military Academy. 1792 He was the son-in-law of a French Canadian aristocratic family. 1793 was captured by the French revolutionary party and sentenced to death, but the local people rescued him the night before the execution. Oda was forced into exile and went to England. 1795, he returned to France, used his preserved cognac wine, joined Jean & Leon Dupuis Company, and established the export trade of cognac. The latter is his friend and neighbor landlord.

undertaking

Their career was very successful, so they bought deCognac Castle as a development base. 1450 CountJeandeValois rebuilt the industry. He was imprisoned in England for 33 years. 1494, the later French king Francois I was born here, and this castle was the royal property until 1789. However, it was regarded as a waste by the royal family and was used as a concentration camp for British soldiers during the Seven Years' War (1756- 1763).

Konek Castle

Cognac Castle is an ideal place to hide wine. It has thick walls (2 meters) and floors, and its dry part is very suitable for new wine, while it is humid near the wine storage pavilion by the river and suitable for old cognac. Dupuis is responsible for distillation, while Oda is responsible for commerce, which is not conducive to harmonious combination. King George III of England gave special permission to leave this dry mouth city despite the mainland ban. Oda is famous in the local area. He was elected mayor of Konnek in 1804, and died 20 years later, when he lived in his mansion, which is now the city hall. He was elected as a member of parliament twice in 1820 and 1824, and was awarded the medal of honor. After Oda's death, Dipis later retired, and the company was jointly run by Leon Dipis and Oda's son. Their descendants continue to work together. Later, the name of the company was changed from Oda-Dupuis to OtardCognac in 1945 because the Dupuis family no longer participated in the company's business. 199 1 was acquired by Martini&Rossi and merged into Bacardi the following year. There are no vineyards in Auda. He bought 65,438+085,500 gallons of new wine from four regions, of which champagne and fenbei flowers each accounted for 30%, and Baudry accounted for 65,438+00%. Mainly from Wuyi brown grapes. Aoda has signed contracts with 500 vineyards and 10 wineries, some of which have been brewing wine for 2 to 4 years. MichelLarcade, Auda's nephew and warehouse manager, uses continuous liquid distillation, especially the best dual-zone champagne products. He doesn't need preheating method, and thinks that the sublimated alcohol is not fragrant enough. If Tibetan brewing takes a short time, he will use high-concentration wine, such as 65 degrees. If you want to put it in a bucket for a long time, the degree will be reduced to 55 degrees. He will add a wood soaking agent to adjust the smell of wood, because the roasting barrel is not uniform enough. They used Limousin oak barrels, 5% of which were new barrels, which were purchased from three barrel factories in Ganyi District. 40% of cognac is brewed in cognac castle, including precious old wine hidden in a former prison called "Paradise". Among them, the date of grapes can be traced back to19th century, such as 1820 (this wine has perennial woody aroma and likes mellow and pleasant fruit aroma), 1878, 1902 and 1906 (with rich and charming fruit aroma). The oldest things are full of glass jars, and there are only three jars left in the 20 years from 65438 to 2009. When exposed to air, the measured numbers are: 1924 45 degrees, 1906 38 degrees, 1820 32-33 degrees. After blending the cognac, put it into a vat with a capacity of 4770, and then bottle it. The time in the jar varies with wine, such as VS3 months, VSOP6 months, Napoleon 1 year, XO half a year.

win a prize

Auda has won several important awards: the gold medal in the Bulgarian International Expo in plovdiv (1995) and the gold medal in the British International Famous Wine Competition. Silver Award 1994, Bronze Award 1996. Over the years, Aoda has its own characteristics and comedy effects in advertising and bottling. In 1996, the metal box packaging for tear bottles is introduced. In 1920, Mogo's advertisement showed that the diver found the ODA under the water, but the helmet could not taste it. Today, 654.38+00000 tourists come to visit the castle every year. Please don't forget to look at the straight windows of the house where Francois I was born, as well as the state banquet hall and bodyguard room in the courtyard. It is worth noting that these rooms still retain graffiti made by British and Irish prisoners of war imprisoned in the Seven Years War.