Click link in text or photo above for a strong ‘sip’ of a video clip spilling some key but barely known American cognac consumption history + industry intel …
It’s National COGAC 🥃 Day… National Cognac Day in the USA … and what i have yet to find on any mainstream site about ‘cognac day’ is how cognac’s most important and valuable consumer for decades (as in like a half century or longer) has been African Americans who’ve kept the category alive instead of on life support when mainstream America had deemed it too stodgy and old fashioned …
Lucky for you though I’ve saved you some sips from my new mini-miniseries I’m calling “TFG’s TINY BITES & BIG” where I share sifted gems from previous presentations and talks with relevance beyond their original context. This is the first in the line up from my “TFG Tiny Bits & Big Sips” FREE mini-Miniseries on PATREON .
Click photo for all the tea (or in this case cognac!) i spill from my MadMen era ad agency days…
And there’s (here’s) that recent-ish blogpost i wrote about my fave / signature drink once-upon-a-time, The Sidecar, that also gives a glimpse into the MadMen era advertising agency world I was engulfed in when Hennessy Cognac was my main client…
June 4th is also National Cheese 🧀 Day…(Cognac wore me out for today, maybe i’ll provide content on cheese NEXT year 😆)…
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This June 4th 2024 EVENT happening in REAL LIFE from my ‘Upcoming Events’ section: LDNY Panel On Women & The Cocktail On June 4th examining: “the symbiotic relationship throughout history between the cocktail and the oft overlooked culinary genre that is the hors d’oeuvre, appetizer, or cocktail snack” .Yours truly will provide contextual insight on the Prohibition Era particularly in 1920’s & 30’s Harlem … Yes cocktails and snacks / “hors d’oeuvres” will be served! 😋
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