The reades’s pleasure is often increased when he learnsmore about the author . The author of this book îs the Cellar Master of the House of Hennessy . His vocabulary îs made up of the thousands of “eaux de vie”which age over long years im some forty warehouses around the town of Cognac and constitute the largest reserve of old cognacs in the WORLD . [Expert's note: this particular version of the library decanter or bibliotheque set was introduced in 1994, mostly aimed at duty free, Asia and Eastern Europe. The cognac inside is of Napoléon quality. The names on the cover, La Faïencerie and La Comédie, are the colourful names of two actual warehouses owned by Hennessy in the city of Cognac. - ES]