Brandy the era, were considered some of the best in the world and often beat their French competitors at the International Expositions in Paris and Brussels in the early 1900s. Except for few major producers, brandy production and consumption tend to have a regional character and thus production methods significantly vary. Wine brandy is produced from a variety of grape cultivars. A special selection of cultivars, providing distinct aroma and character, is used for high-quality brandies, while cheaper ones are made from whichever wine is available. Brandy is made from so-called base wine, which significantly differs from regular table wines. It
Brandy Colbert Brandy Colbert Brandy Colbert is an American author of young adult fiction and non-fiction. Colbert was born and raised in the Ozarks, in Springfield, Missouri. The works of Dorothy West, Barthe DeClements, Jesmyn Ward, Colson Whitehead, and Zadie Smith were impactful to her writing career. She began working on what would be her debut novel, "Pointe", in 2009, inspired by reports of long-term kidnapping cases. Her debut young adult "Pointe", following a teen dancer in suburban Chicago who has to come to terms with her dark past, was published in 2014 by Putnam. It received a starred review from Publishers