Courvoisier VSOP or VS

[lenchik]

Hi,
does anyone know if Courvoisier VSOP or VS cognac bears a reliable hashgacha?

[lenchik]

Thanks everyone! Louis Royer VS it is:)

[mrotmd]

Louis Royer has VS, VSOP & XO all with good hashgacha. The Cognac must come from the region of Cognac. Otherwise it is Brandy. Certainly it can be good brandy, but it is not Cognac. The same applies to Champagne. Yes there are other sparkling wines produced with the method of Champagne, but there are no Champagne. By the way, prosecco is not produced using the Champagne method. You can find the whole line of Louis Royer at www.kosherwine.com

[zsero]

Cognac is also brandy, just as champagne is wine. And the same rule applies: if there's no hechsher on the bottle, you can be certain that it's treif. Nobody goes to the trouble and expense of making kosher wine or brandy without saying so.

[zsero]

With brandy the hechsher would have to be on the bottle, so you can just check it directly. Certainly the normal Courvoisier, with no hechsher on the bottle, is 100% treif.

[DeisCane]

According to kashrut.com, the only reliable cognacs are

* Boukha Fig(OU)
* Carmel (OU)
* Herzog (OU)
* Spirit of Solomon (Hisachdus-CRC)
* Tishbi (OU)

[GilaB]

We have a bottle of Louis Royer VS with an OU, as well, although it's several years old.