Thomas Hine & Co.
| Thomas Hine & Co. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| Seat | Jarnac |
| management | Hine family |
| Branch | spirits |
| Website | www.hinecognac.com |
Thomas Hine & Co. is a French cognac manufacturer based in Jarnac in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region .
history
In 1791 the sixteen year old Thomas Hine left his home county of Dorset , England , to seek his fortune in France. He chose the Cognac region, possibly because his family, who lived on the south coast, were involved in the cognac smuggling. During the French Revolution he was arrested as a spy and imprisoned in the old castle of Jarnac.
After his release, he married Françoise Elisabeth, whose father owned a cognac company in Jarnac. He became active in the company and devoted the rest of his life to this branch of industry. Over the years, he took the art of cognac production to a new level and continued to develop the company. In 1821, a year before his death, he gave the company the name Thomas Hine & Co., which is still valid today . The Hine house, where the sixth generation of the family now produces cognac, is still on the banks of the Charente River , 16, quai de l ' Orangery.
Products and awards
Hines Cognac is regularly awarded at international competitions, in the years 2006-2009 alone it won more than 18 medals and trophies . Hine Cognac was the purveyor to the court of several royal houses, including the kuk court purveyor to the Viennese court before the First World War . In 1962 the company was the only cognac manufacturer to receive the court title from Queen Elizabeth II of England.
Hine products are H by HINE , Rare VSOP , Cigar Reserve , Antique XO , Triomphe , Talent and Mariage .
literature
- Johann Lafer : Lafer's ABC of pleasure. Gräfe and Unzer 2012, ISBN 3-833-8257-07 , p. 171.
Web links
- Internet presence Hine. Hine, 2007, accessed March 11, 2010 .
- Phillip Silverstone: An Interview with Bernard Hine of Cognac Hine. Restaurant Report LLC, 1998, accessed March 11, 2010 .
Coordinates: 45 ° 40 ′ 45.6 " N , 0 ° 10 ′ 38.8" W.