Martell House is one of the oldest among the great cognac houses with a 300-year history of passionate dedication and meticulous work of the Martell family. In 1715, Jean Martell, a young entrepreneur from Jersey Island, started his own business by founding one of the earliest cognac houses in the Cognac region. For almost 40 years, Jean Martell dedicated himself to studying and perfecting the art of creating cognacs. He traveled across the province in search of the finest spirits, building relationships with local vine growers who inherited their craft from their ancestors. After Jean's death in 1753, his widow Rachel took over the management of the production with the same attentive and reverent approach as her late husband. Thanks to the active development of exports, Martell became the number one cognac in England in 1814. In 1831, the company produced its first VSOP cognac and continued its promotion on the international market. Jean and Frederic's sons inherited the flourishing business from Rachel. The iconic product of the company, Cordon Bleu, created in 1912, is considered the most famous. Martell Cognac was served on board the "Queen Mary" ocean liner in 1936 and even on board the Concorde airplane in 1977. In 1987, Seagram acquired the French company for $1.2 billion. Since the acquisition of several alcohol brands by the Seagram group in 2001, Martell has been owned by the Pernod Ricard group. In the 2000s, Martell launched new cognacs on the market: Martell XO in 2005, Martell Création Grand Extra in a bottle designed by glass artist Serge Manso in 2007. In 2009, Martell introduced its flagship cognac L'Or de Jean Martell. In 2011, Martell expanded its line of "super-prestigious" products by adding the exceptional Martell Chanteloup Perspective cognac as a tribute to the Martell cognac production masters. Martell is a French art of living passed down from generation to generation, savoring the beauty of each moment and deriving the utmost pleasure from it. A rich history where craftsmanship serves taste: Martell cognac has been enjoyed and admired for three centuries now – at grand coronations, in Hollywood movies, polar expeditions, aristocratic weddings... and beyond.