Brandy: A spirit distilled from fruit such as grapes, apples, or berries.  Brandy is divided into categories depending on region and fruit including Brandy de Jerez, Cognac, Armagnac, American, and Fruit brandies.

Cognac: The world's best known and highly regarded brandy.  Distilled from carefully selected grapes, the true cognac originates only in the Cognac region of France.
 
Ansac VS Cognac
Origin: France
 
84 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
"Deep amber color. Tingly, fruity, burnt caramel and nut nose. A soft entry leads to sweetish  light-to medium-bodied palate with candied fruit notes. Finishes in a quick, hot manner." -Beverage Tasting Institute
 
Boulard Grand Solage Calvados
Origin: France (Normandy)
 
88 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
Silver Medal -International Review of Spirits
"Amber. Buttered nuts, dried fruit, spice, and shellac aromas lead to a delicate, supple, and dry medium-bodied palate with subtle baked and dried apple and raw nut flavors. Finishes purely with a dry, spicy apple cider fade and a touch of varnish-like minerality. An artisanal and fairly elegant style." -Beverage Testing Institute
 
Courvoisier VS Cognac
Origin: France
 
85 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
Bronze Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
"Medium copper chestnut color. Sweet caramel and harvest fruit aromas. A round, supple entry leads to a dryish, light-to medium body with perfumy fruit and dry oaky spice. Finishes with a dry, spicy fade, fuel-like elements, and modest heat. A nice VS Cognac with some interesting character." -Beverage Tasting Institute 
 
Courvoisier VSOP Cognac
Origin: France
 
87 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
Silver Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Silver Medal -International Review of Spirits
"Brilliant copper color. Caramel,golden raisin, light anise, and other brown spice aromas. A very supple entry leads to a plush dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full bodied palate with buttered caramel, dried apple and pear, and refined spices. Finishes with a toffeed spice fade and a slightly numbing, wave of white pepper. Very nice texture and balanced flavor with a rather hot finish." -Beverage Testing Institute
 
E&J VS Brandy
Origin: USA (California)
 
Silver Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
America's best-selling brandy. Distilled and aged to demonstrate finesse and delicacy of California brandy...loads of fruit and varietal grape flavors dominate, with a tight balance of butterscotch and vanilla notes recovered from carefully selected barrels used in aging...lightly bodied with a crisp clean finish.
 
E&J VSOP Brandy
Origin: USA (California)
 
Best of Class -New World Wine Competition 2006
Silver Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Richly bodied and rewardingly flavored high impact blend that gives the dual pleasures of complex oak aged flavors and lingering body. Powerful bouquet of vanilla and old sherry are demonstrated here which can only be gained by long aging. Supple flavors of cedar and berries finish with a long and satisfying smoothness that defines this blend.
 
E&J XO Brandy
Origin: USA
 
85-89 Points -Wine Enthusiast
88 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
Best in Class/Silver Medal -International Wine & Spirits Competition
Gold Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Silver Medal -New World Wine Competition 2006
"Very pleasing and easy at the palate entry; midpalate offers ripe but off-dry tastes of light caramel, resiny oak, vanilla frosting and toffee. Finish is long, sweeter than the midpalate and elegant." -Wine Enthusiast
 
E&J VS Cognac
Origin: France (Cognac)
 
Silver Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Silver Medal -International Wine & Spirits Competition
A pleasant nose with a distinctive fruitiness and appetizing mellowness. Full rounded flavours and a satisfying aftertaste. Fruit and wood are well integrated.
 
Fundador Solera Reserva Brandy
Origin: Spain
 
Silver Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Fundador is Spain’s largest export brandy, aged in the traditional solera system. Sherry-soaked barrels give the brandy its distinctive taste and warm colour.
 
Hennessy VS Cognac
Origin: France (Cognac)
 
85 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
"Clear copper hue. Brown spice and sweet, woody nose. A quick, supple entry leads to a off-dry,  light body with sweetish orange peel, licorice and pepper notes. Finishes quickly with a muted cinnamon and allspice fade. A good, classically flavored VS Cognac." -Beverage Tasting Institute  
 
Hennessey XO Cognac
Origin: France (Cognac)
 
Double Gold Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2005
  
Rich, full-bodied and complex, X.O combines the spicy aromas of oak and leather with the sweeter essences of flowers and ripe fruit. Well-balanced, the initial flourish is dominated by the powerful suggestion of pepper and rancio, which testify to the long years it has spent being aged. Complex and long-lasting.
 
Kelt Tour de Monde VSOP 
Origin: France (Cognac)
 
Habersham Gold Star! -Tasted and Recommended by the Habersham Staff
85-89 Points -Wine Enthusiast
"Medium red amber. Delicate and restrained floral aroma and elegant flavors through the long vanilla sweet finish indicate a style that was appreciated for its mouthfeel and rare smoothness  from start to finish rather than intensity of flavor. Classy."-Wine Enthusiast
 
Korbel VSOP Brandy
Origin: USA (California)
 
85-89 Points/Best Buy -Wine Enthusiast
Silver Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
"The initial nosing passes detect very little. Aeration does virtually nothing to assist in stimulating any fragrance whatsoever; at midpalate, the flavor turns caramelized and pleasantly fruity, even honeyed. The aftertaste plays up the honey/fruit to the hilt. Best Buy." -Wine Enthusiast
 
Landy VS Cognac
Origin: France
 
Silver Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Aged for six years, Landy VS Cognachas hints of flowers and orange, with a finish that is smooth and supple.
 
Martell Cordon Bleu Cognac
Origin: France (Cognac)
 
90-95 Points -Wine Enthusiast
"Bouquet is semisweet and prune-like; several minutes of aeration unleashes much deeper scents of honeydew melon, cantaloupe, roasted almonds and apple butter. The palate entry is  full bodied and sweet; at midpalate, tastes of black cherry, black coffee and Macadamia nut blanket the tongue. Aftertaste is extended, smoky and luscious." -Wine Enthusiast
 
Martell VS Cognac
Origin: France (Cognac)
 
Best in Class -International Wine & Spirits Competition
Silver Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
A blend of eaux-de-vie from the four finest growths: Grand and Petite Champagnes for  strength, borderies for mellowness and the Fin Bois for lightness. This exceptional blend offers a fresh, delicate cognac with a slightly fruity nose, a rich body and good finish. The ideal choice for mixing. Aged a minimum of 5-7 years.
 
Paul Masson VS Brandy
Origin: USA
 
Gold Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Additional aging creates a luminous red amber glow, fine aromas and flavor that sets our VS Brandy apart from ordinary two-year old brandies. A special blend of grapes is also used to develop its smoothness and the three year aging in American oak casks gives it a full body.
 
Paul Masson VSOP Brandy
Origin: USA
 
86 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
Silver Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
"Copper. Sweet toffee, dried peach, and cinnamon aromas. A soft entry leads to a dryish light-to-medium bodied palate with toffee, orange peel, and pepper. Finishes with a dryish chocolate and hotball cinnamon fade. Good wood character and spice." -Beverage Testing Institute
 
Presidente Brandy
Origin: Mexico
 
#1 in Mexico!
Bronze Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Its clear amber colour and delicate fruity character make it a charismatic brandy to be consumed as a long drink, with cola or soda.
 
Remy Martin VSOP Cognac
Origin: France (Cognac)
  
Silver Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
One bottle alone contains hundreds of blend components, ranging from four to fifteen years in age. The brand itself is a Fine Champagne Cognac taken from the two best crus. And with its golden amber color (old pale), smoothness, complexity and yet balanced, perfectly mature.
 
Remy Martin XO Cognac
Origin: France (Cognac)
 
90 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
Double Gold Medal -San Francisco World Spirits Competition
  
"Beautiful deep amber-copper color. Rich baked pear, orange marmalade, and spice aromas. A supple entry leads to a round, dryish medium body of dried fruits, dusty brown spices, and light toffee flavors. Finishes with pleasant anise and nuts flavors amid the wood spices and minerals. A balanced, elegant style." -Beverage Testing Institute
 
Vendome VSOP Brandy
Origin: Vendome, France
 
85-89 Points/Best Buy -Wine Enthusiast
"The initial nose emits expressive notes of light toffee, nougat and grain-like sweetness; after aeration the bouquet turns fruity, especially apples, pears, cherries and peaches. Palate entry is cocoa-like and smooth; at midpalate the flavor profile turns caramel- and toffee-like. The finish is long, sweet, satiny and nutty. A well-made and uncomplicated quaff. Best Buy." -Wine Enthusiast