A bottle of Courvoisier VS cognac

Courvoisier (French pronunciation: [kuʁvwɑzje]) is a brand of cognac. The company is now based in the town of Jarnac in the Charente department of France. Although no evidence exists that Courvoisier cognac was the favorite drink of Napoleon Bonaparte, who died in 1821, before Courvoisier was officially established by Felix Courvoisier in 1835, the company website claims the following:

The origin of our history goes back to the beginning of the 19th century with Emmanuel Courvoisier and his associate, Louis Gallois, running a wine and spirit merchant company, in the Parisian suburb of Bercy. In 1811 Napoleon visited their warehouses in Bercy and he was hosted by Louis Gallois, the Mayor, and Emmanuel Courvoisier. Legend has it that Napoleon I later took several barrels of cognac with him to St Helena, a treat much appreciated by the English officers on the ship who named it 'The Cognac of Napoleon'.^[1]

Although overshadowed by the dominance of rival cognac Hennessy within popular culture, the song 'Pass the Courvoisier' by prominent rap artists Busta Rhymes and P.Diddy cemented the cognac's place as a status symbol within the hip-hop community.

[edit] Bottlings

• Courvoisier VS
• Courvoisier VSOP Fine Champagne
• Courvoisier VSOP Exclusif
• Courvoisier Napoleon Fine Champagne
• Courvoisier XO Imperial
• Courvoisier Initiale Extra
• Courvoisier Succession JS
• L'Esprit de Courvoisier

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[edit] External links

• Media related to Courvoisier at Wikimedia Commons
• Courvoisier Homepage
• Corvoisier Review
• Courvoisier (r) US Site