The Brandy Trade Under the Ancien Regime: Regional Specialisation in the Charente

This study of the brandy trade explores the origins, production and marketing of brandy from the Cognac region in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 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 competition from a surplus in other cereals and from foreign markets, regional specialization in the Charente was an indispensable element in ensuring the quality of stable output, and was recognized in the region's success in attracting foreign houses, such as Martell and Hennessy.

Author: L. M. Cullen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/28/1998
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780521592482

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