A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, ana yin biki mara izini, wanda aka sani galibi a cikin da'irar ƙwararrun masana masana'antu, da kuma magoya bayan ɗayan manyan abubuwan giya - Maulidin cognac.
Cognac wani abin sha ne mai ƙarfi na giya, nau'in brandy, wato distillate na ruwan inabi, wanda aka samar bisa tsananin fasaha daga wasu nau'in innabi a wani yanki.
Sunan “» Na asalin Faransanci kuma yana nuna sunan garin da yankin (yankin) da yake. Anan ne kuma anan kawai aka samar da wannan shahararren mashayan giyar. Af, rubutun a kan kwalaben “cognac” yana nuna cewa abubuwan da ke ciki ba su da alaƙa da wannan abin sha, tun da dokar Faransa da ƙa’idodi masu ƙarfi na masu kera wannan ƙasar a fili sun bayyana abubuwan da ake buƙata don kera wannan abin sha. Haka kuma, wata 'yar karkacewa daga fasahar noman irin innabi, tsarin samarwa, adanawa da kwano na iya hana mai samar da lasisin.
A cikin ƙa'idodi iri ɗaya, kwanan wata ma an ɓoye, wanda aka yi la'akari da ranar haihuwar cognac. Yana da alaƙa da gaskiyar cewa duk abin da aka shirya don samar da ƙwayoyi da ƙanshi a lokacin hunturu ya kamata a zubar da ruwan inabi matasa a cikin ganga kafin. Wannan kwanan wata ma saboda takamaiman aikin sarrafawa, tunda farkon lokacin ɗumamar bazara da bambancin yanayin bazara a wannan yanki na Faransa na iya shafar mummunan ɗanɗano abin sha, wanda zai lalata fasahar samar da cognac. Daga wannan lokacin (Afrilu 1), tsufa ko tsufan ƙwaya yana farawa. An yarda da waɗannan ƙa'idodin a Faransa a karon farko a cikin 1909, bayan haka aka ƙara su akai-akai.
Asirin samar da abin shan giyar an kiyaye shi ta hanyar masu kera shi. An yi imanin cewa har ma da kayan daskarewa (cube), wanda ake kira da Charente alambic (bayan sunan sashen Charente, wanda garin Cognac yake) yana da fasalin fasaha da ɓoyayyensa. Ganga wacce cognac ya tsufa suma na musamman ne kuma ana yin su ne daga wasu nau'in itacen oak.
Waɗannan giya na giya, a kan lakabin kwalban wanda a maimakon "cognac" sunan "cognac" flaunts, sam ba jabun kuɗi ne ko samfurin giya mai ƙarancin inganci. Waɗannan nau'ikan nau'ikan ne kawai waɗanda ba su da alaƙa da abin sha wanda ya bayyana a Faransa a cikin karni na 17 kuma ya karɓi sunan sa a wurin.
Cognac a Faransa ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin dukiyar ƙasa. Kowace shekara, a kan titunan birnin da ya ba da suna ga wannan mashahuran giya, bukukuwan bukukuwan sun ninka sau uku tare da damar baƙi don dandana samfurori na shahararren cognac, da sauran abubuwan sha.
A cikin Rasha, ana iya samun tarihi da sifofin samar da kayan maye daga ra'ayi mafi iko a cikin Moscow a cikin Gidan Tarihin Tarihin Cognac a KiN Wine da Cognac Factory. Anan kuma kawai alambik da aka kawo daga Faransa a Rasha.