Editing Cognac (section)

==Companies and brands==
Close to 200 cognac producers exist.<ref name="sfgate2006"/> According to one 2008 estimate<ref name="slate2008"/> a large percentage of cognac—more than 90% for the US market—comes from only four producers: [[Courvoisier]] (owned by the [[Campari Group]]), [[Hennessy]] ([[LVMH]]), [[Martell (cognac)|Martell]] ([[Pernod Ricard]]), and [[Rémy Martin]] ([[Rémy Cointreau]]).<ref name="saveur22"/><ref name="slate2008"/> Other brands meeting the AOC criteria for cognac include [[Bache-Gabrielsen|Bache-Gabrielsen/Dupuy]], [[Braastad]], [[Camus Cognac|Camus]], [[La Fontaine de La Pouyade Cognac|La Fontaine de La Pouyade]], Château Fontpinot,<ref name="slate2008"/> [[Delamain (Cognac producer)|Delamain]], Pierre Ferrand,<ref name="saveur22"/> [[Frapin]], [[Cognac Gautier|Gautier]], [[Hine Cognac|Hine]],<ref name="slate2008"/> Marcel Ragnaud,<ref name="saveur22"/> [[Monnet Cognac|Monnet]], [[Moyet]], [[Otard]], [[Meukow]], and [[Cognac Croizet]].

In 2017, an agreement between the European Union and Armenia was signed, whereby Armenian producers will abandon the usage of the protected geographic name "cognac" from 2043.<ref name="tass">{{cite web | url =https://tass.com/economy/1304179|title=Armenia to drop 'cognac' use for its products by 2043 — Acting Deputy PM |publisher=[[TASS]]| date=17 June 2021| accessdate =18 June 2021}}</ref> The name "cognac" will be prohibited for the domestic Armenian market from 2032.<ref name="tass"/>