A bottle of Courvoisier VS cognac

Courvoisier is a type of cognac. Although there exists no evidence that Courvoisier cognac was the favorite drink of Napoleon, who died in 1821, before Courvoisier was officially established by Felix Courvoisier in 1835, the company website[1] claims the following: Image File history File links A Courvoisier Bottle File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links A Courvoisier Bottle File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A brandy snifter A cognac pot still Cognac, named after the town of Cognac in France, is a brandy, which is produced in the region surrounding the town. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

"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'."

Bottlings

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

Popular culture

This brand in particular has become part of African-American popular culture, modifying its image as a drink for upper class Britons. The American rapper Busta Rhymes wrote a song "Pass The Courvoisier" in which he declares his preference for Courvoisier over Hennessy and Rémy Martin Cognacs and Cristal Champagne: "Give me the Henny, you can give me the Cris You can pass me the Remi, but pass the Courvoisier." An African American (also Afro-American or Black American) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to sub-saharan Africa. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, (literally: the culture of the people) consists of the cultural elements that prevail (at least numerically) in any given society, mainly using the more popular media, in that societys vernacular language and/or an established lingua franca. ... Great Britain lies between Ireland and continental Europe Great Britain is an island lying off the north-western coast of mainland Europe and to the east of Ireland, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom. ... Popular West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy. ... To meet Wikipedia quality standards and WikiProject Music guidelines, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Bottle of Hennessy XO Cognac Hennessy is a leading, and oldest, manufacturer of cognac, a type of distilled wine (Brandy). Hennessy was born when Irishman Richard Hennessy, who had been a mercenary for the French King, was compensated with land in the town of Cognac in France in 1765 and... This page is about Rémy Martin, the brandy. ... A bottle of Louis Roederer Cristal (1993). ... The Champagne appellation highlighted in red Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ...

Courvoisier is also known as being the favorite drink of Leon Phelps (also known as The Ladies Man), an African-American character from a popular Saturday Night Live skit. Movie poster for the Ladies Man The 2000 release is a film comedy that stars actor, comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member Tim Meadows. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ...

In the film Love and Death (1975), when told of Napoleon invading Russia, Boris (Woody Allen) queried, "What, did he run out of Courvoisier?" Love and Death is a 1975 comedy by Woody Allen. ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935) is an Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, musician, and comedian. ...

External links

• Courvoisier Homepage
• Lyrics to "Pass the Courvoisier"