Thomas Hine & Co.
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Thomas Hine & Co. is a cognac house, owned by the French company EDV SAS.
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History
Thomas Hine & Co. is named after its proprietor Thomas Hine (sometimes recorded as Thomas Hone), an Englishman from Dorset, England. The company was founded in 1763.[1] Following his arrest during the French Revolution, Thomas Hine married a young woman, Françoise Elisabeth Delamain, whose father owned a cognac house in Jarnac.[2] Hine took control of the house, and eventually renamed it Thomas Hine & Co. in 1817.[3]
House
The Hine House has stood at the banks of the quai de l’Orangerie on the banks of the river Charente in Jarnac, France since the 18th century.[1] It is one of the oldest houses in Jarnac and serves as the company's headquarters.
In 1962, the house was granted a royal warrant from Queen Elizabeth II as suppliers of cognac.[3] Today it is still the only cognac house to hold this honour.[4] In 2008, one of the factories of the House was bought by Tigran Arzakantsyan, the owner of Armenian the Great Valley Wine and Cognac Company.[5]
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