Courvoisier

Courvoisier is a brand of Cognac (drink). Although there exists no evidence that Courvoisier cognac was the favorite drink of Napoleon Bonaparte, who died in 1821, before Courvoisier was officially established by Felix Courvoisier in 1835, the company website[1] claims the following:

"The origin of our history goes back to the beginning of the 19th century with Emmanuel Courvoisier and his associate, Louis Gallois, running a wine and spirit merchant company, in the Parisian suburb of Bercy. In 1811 Napoleon visited their warehouses in Bercy and he was hosted by Louis Gallois, the Mayor, and Emmanuel Courvoisier. Legend has it that Napoleon I later took several barrels of cognac with him to St Helena, a treat much appreciated by the English officers on the ship who named it 'The Cognac of Napoleon'."

Bottlings

• Courvoisier VS
• Courvoisier VSOP Fine Champagne
• Courvoisier VSOP Exclusif
• Courvoisier Napoleon Fine Champagne
• Courvoisier XO Imperial
• Courvoisier Initiale Extra
• Courvoisier Succession JS
• L'Esprit de Courvoisier

Popular culture

This brand in particular has become part of African-American popular culture, modifying its image as a drink for upper class Britons. The American rapper Busta Rhymes wrote a song "Pass The Courvoisier" in which he declares his preference for Courvoisier over Hennessy and Rémy Martin Cognacs and Cristal Champagne: "Give me the Henny, you can give me the Cris \ You can pass me the Remi, but pass the Courvoisier."

Courvoisier is also known as being the favorite drink of Leon Phelps (also known as The Ladies Man), an African-American character from a popular Saturday Night Live skit.

In the film Love and Death (1975), when told of Napoleon invading Russia, Boris (Woody Allen) queried, "What, did he run out of Courvoisier?"

Martin Lawrence expounds on the liberating powers of Courvoisier in RunTelDat.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ Joe Leydon, Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat, Variety, 2002-08-01 Retrieved on 2007-01-25.

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