Thomas Hine & Co.

Thomas Hine & Co. is a leading manufacturer of cognac, owned by the French company EDV SAS.

A bottle of Antique XO (Extra Old) cognac by Thomas Hine & Co.

Origins

The Hine company is named for its proprietor Thomas Hine (sometimes recorded as Thomas Hone), an Englishman from Dorset, England. The company was founded in 1763.[1] Following his arrest during the French Revolution, Thomas Hine married a young maiden, Françoise Elisabeth, whose father owned a cognac house in Jarnac.[2] Hine took the company to new heights, and eventually renamed it Thomas Hine & C°. in 1817.[3]

The House
Thomas Hine & Co. house in Jarnac

The Hine House has stood at the banks of the quai de l’Orangerie on the banks of the Charente River in Jarnac, France since the 18th century.[4] It is one of the oldest houses in Jarnac and serves as the company's headquarters. In 1962, the house was granted a royal warrant from Queen Elizabeth II, as suppliers of cognac.[5] Today it is still the only cognac house to hold this honour.[6]

gollark: Which silver egg do you speak of?
gollark: For if you do leave, you shall come back to enter the raffle or something.
gollark: *you cannot escape*
gollark: You can never stop checking the cave. It will remain with you always.
gollark: They are treated with care, lots of incubates, names, and getting shipped off to the trade hub if I don't want them.

References
  1. https://www.royalwarrant.org/company/thomas-hine-co
  2. https://www.diffordsguide.com/producers/605/thomas-hine-and-co/history
  3. http://www.hinecognac.com/250-years/
  4. https://www.royalwarrant.org/company/thomas-hine-co
  5. http://www.hinecognac.com/250-years/
  6. https://www.tourism-cognac.com/uk/tastings/cognac-thomas-hine-co/

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