Definition of "cognac" [co•gnac]

• A brandy distilled from white wine and produced in the vicinity of Cognac. (noun)

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• "Boucherie cooks up tripe stew ($6) and sauteed kidneys in cognac cream ($8.50), blood sausage ($13) and grilled mixed skewers that included, if my memory serves me right, lamb hearts, kidneys, and testicles ($8)."
• "Port wine, a Galician tostado, a sweet Monastrell, a fortified Tannat, a German Riesling Kabinett or Spatslese, or most beautifully an aged rum or cognac (cognac is wine at is origin)."
• "Both were made of the flames of the French spirit called cognac, or brandy."