Thomas Hine & Co.
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Thomas Hine & Co. is a leading manufacturer of cognac, owned by the French company EDV SAS.
Origins
[edit]The Hine company is named after its proprietor Thomas Hine (sometimes recorded as Thomas Hone), an Englishman from Dorset, England. The company was founded in 1763.[1] Following his arrest during the French Revolution, Thomas Hine married a young woman, Françoise Elisabeth Delamain, whose father owned a cognac house in Jarnac.[2] Hine took the company to new heights, and eventually renamed it Thomas Hine & Co. in 1817.[3]
The House
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The Hine House has stood at the banks of the quai de l’Orangerie on the banks of the river Charente in Jarnac, France since the 18th century.[1] It is one of the oldest houses in Jarnac and serves as the company's headquarters. In 1962, the house was granted a royal warrant from Queen Elizabeth II, as suppliers of cognac.[3] Today it is still the only cognac house to hold this honour.[4] In 2008, one of the factories of the House was bought by Tigran Arzakantsyan, the owner of Armenian the Great Valley wine and cognac company. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Thomas Hine & Co | Royal Warrant Holders Association". www.royalwarrant.org.
- ^ "History - Thomas Hine and Co". www.diffordsguide.com.
- ^ a b "Hine cognac". Hine cognac.
- ^ "COGNAC THOMAS HINE & CO à JARNAC - : Destination Cognac". Tourism Cognac.[dead link]
- ^ "Настоящее и будущее "Царя Тиграна"". Simple Wine News (in Russian). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
External links
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