Armagnac

On my visit, though, Wine Depot co-founder Hazel Tolhurst surprised me with Armagnac, instead of their latest offerings of cabernet.

He travels annually to France to select Cognac, Armagnac and Calvados barrels for their private use.

Adams's driving argument is that Christine--far from being detached from partisan politics (whose excesses she frequently lamented)--was heavily committed to the Orleanist or Armagnac cause.

Moving to something in the spirit world - no, not a copy of Ghostbusters on DVD - there's nothing like a nice drop of brandy after a bite to eat and for those who usually narrow their search to cognac, why not a try a glass of Armagnac instead.

With products like the wax sealed bottle of Armagnac Laubade 1965; a sweet smelling caramel vintage Armagnac, you can cradle a glass in the outdoors area with a nice cigar; if you so wish.

A supreme of guinea fowl was partnered with an imaginative passion fruit and armagnac sauce and a sultana and cinnamon potato cake.

In a region where ducks outnumber people 500 to 1, it's not surprising that the methods used to create Armagnac are very traditional; many Armagnac stills are heated by open wood-fueled fires.

The Chocolate Shop's Mark Young said: "In Gascony in the South West of France they steep Agen prunes, dried plums, in Armagnac and coat them in chocolate and we thought why not here for the festival.

The new products join Plum and Armagnac and Mince Pie ice cream to complete the Vale of York ice cream maker's Christmas offering that is available from restaurants and supermarkets.

The 'Grand Edition'CL is offered in black metallic, mocha black metallic and matte magno cashmere white, with interiors in three colours, designo aniline leather armagnac, designo aniline leather deep black and the lighter designo aniline leather porcelain.

A good get-ahead dessert to have up your sleeve is ice-cream and it doesn't get much more festive than this delicious prune and Armagnac ice-cream.

She continued: "Then you need to feed the cake with Armagnac or brandy.'' The Advertising Standards Authority said three viewers and a reader challenged whether the ads were misleading because they did not make it clear that additional ingredients needed to be bought in order to complete the iced and decorated cake as shown.

"The second sweet I have chosen is rice pudding served with prunes and armagnac, which again is a classic dessert that we have taken and tweaked to create a modern, restaurant-standard adaptation.

The best prunes come from Agen, in Agenais, which is also Armagnac country.