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thomas hine

In 1791 young thomas hine left his home in Dorset, England to seek his fortune in France.
He chose the jarnac region, perhaps because his family, living on the coast, had engaged in the common practice of smuggling cognac.

This was the time of the Revolution in France, and thomas hine was arrested as a spy and imprisoned in the ancient Chateau of Jarnac.

Over the years, he raised the art of making cognac to new heights, continuing to develop the business, to which, in 1821, he gave its present name : thomas hine & C°.

When he died, a year later, he left more than a prosperous business. His legacy was a name already known and appreciated around the world for the exceptional quality of its cognacs.