At my house, it’s going to be a snifter because I like snifters, but at your house, maybe it’s a rocks glass, or a tulip glass, or a cereal bowl, or a terra-cotta pot. As long as there’s cognac in it, ...

Cognac has a bit of a bad rap -- cue the guy in a smoking jacket, cigar tucked between his fingers, sitting in front of a fire swirling a snifter. Turns out that's all wrong.

Cognac is a beloved and comforting spirit, ... Cognac is no exception. "I love a snifter or a brandy glass as they are essentially designed for sipping spirits neat," drinks expert Molly Horn told us.

If you're curious about where the snifter shape came from, look to the early 20th-century. Thanks to phylloxera, cognac was a scarce commodity, and as a result it achieved a high-status association.

If you've ever ordered a cognac at a trendy restaurant, you've no doubt witnessed the bartender making a show of heating a snifter with hot water before filling it.

Riedel Vinum Cognac: $74.41 2. Season Story Snifter Glass Set. There’s nothing subtle about Season Story’s glasses. These snifters want you to know exactly what they are.

The back story: With Bastille Day around the corner, a sip of something French is in order — say, a snifter’s worth of Cognac, the classic French after-dinner drink distilled from wine. Cognac ...

Cognac is the perfect winter drink. We all have the images of an aristocratic gentleman like Winston Churchill drinking from a snifter of brandy as he sits in his library with a warm fire burning ...