Fine (brandy)


Fine is high quality French brandy, including Cognac and Armagnac. Varieties include, Fine de Bordeaux, Fine de Bourgogne and Fine de la Marne.
Fine was formerly quite common in France; it is now quite rare.

In popular culture

It is notably referenced in Ernest Hemingway's works, including his posthumously published A Moveable Feast, and in his 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises:
In a scene in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, Bond is offered more of what Col. Smithers describes as "rather disappointing brandy." M asks what's wrong with it, and Bond replies,