An Interview with Bernard Hine of Cognac Hine by Phillip Silverstone
The word "cognac" may conjure up images of stuffy old men, most probably English, sitting in oak-paneled libraries talking about "their war" and puffing on huge cigars while swirling their cognac in large, expensive snifter glasses. Bernard Hine will no doubt dispel those fading images once and for all. And he is the cellar master, director and traveling ambassador for his family's cognac firm, Cognac Hine.
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The word "cognac" may conjure up images of stuffy old men, most probably English, sitting in oak-paneled libraries talking about "their war" and puffing on huge cigars while swirling their cognac in large, expensive snifter glasses. Bernard Hine will no doubt dispel those fading images once and for all. And he is the cellar master, director and traveling ambassador for his family's cognac firm, Cognac Hine.