You can visit the great houses of cognac.
Moreover, it's possible to organize somme visits along the cognac's routes

PRINCE DE POLIGNAC: honour to the coopers

Here, you will not find cellar walls blackened by evaporation. The Prince Hubert de Polignac house is not very old but their coat of arms is one of the oldest in France. A video will take you through this chapter as well as that of the elaboration of Cognac. You will then be lead through the cooperage museum, the ageing cellars and the bottling plant. The cooperage museum exposes some rare objects from the 19th century such as copper taps, a 2,000 litre cask, craftsmen's decorative signatures but also a collection of tools that belonged to coopers.

Schedules From 1 April till 30 June and from 16 till 30 September (except Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays) from 10am till 12am and from 2pm till 6pm. Visits for groups only. From 1 July till 15 September, everyday including Sundays and bank holidays : 10am, 11am, 14pm, 15pm, 16pm, 17pm. Le Laubaret (exit Cognac, direction Angouleme. Then D49, Gensac la Pallue. Follow road signs for Polignac-Reynac. Tel : 05 45 32 13 85. Fax : 05 45 82 83 04. http://www.polignac.fr/