Cognac vs. Calvados — What's the Difference?

Cognac ( KON-yak, also US: KOHN-, KAWN-, French: [kɔɲak] (listen)) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.

Calvados (UK: , US: , French: [kalvados] (listen)) often nicknamed Calva, is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or, sometimes, from apples with pears.

A high-quality brandy, strictly speaking that distilled in Cognac in western France

A French brandy made from apples.

A brandy distilled from white wine and produced in the vicinity of Cognac.

(uncountable) An apple brandy made in Normandy, France.

A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

(countable) A glass of this spirit.

A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.

Dry apple brandy made in Normandy

High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France