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    THE COGNAC COAST

    Oct 29, 2019 4 minutes
    BY KARA NEWMAN

    Sand, sun, shellfish and…Cognac? It may seem like an unlikely mix, but the westernmost portion of France’s famed Cognac region juts out into the Atlantic Ocean and creates a scenic “Cognac coast.”

    Historically, easy access to the Atlantic attracted France’s brandy makers. That’s even though the region’s sandy soils were considered less hospitable to grapes than the chalk-rich soils of Cognac’s central crus, or top vineyard growing areas.

    These sandy conditions proved beneficial when phylloxera swept through Europe. The pest couldn’t burrow to the vine roots through the unstable soil, as their tunnels would

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