What is Hennessy?
[[File:Cognac Hennessy XO.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Cognac Hennessy XO}}]] '''Jas Hennessy & Co.''' is a company that makes [[cognac]]. Its [[headquarters]] are in [[Cognac, Charente|Cognac]], [[France]]. The company sells more than 50 [[million]] bottles a year [[worldwide]]. It is the world's largest Cognac maker.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brydenstt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31&Itemid=10&bid=46&sid=3 |title=Hennessy |author= |date= |website= |publisher=A.S. Bryden & Sons (Trinidad ) Limited |accessdate=25 March 2015}}</ref> It is owned by Moët Hennessy, which is co-owned by [[LVMH]] (66%) and [[Diageo]] (34%). == History == Hennessy was established in 1765 by [[Irish people|Irishman]] Richard Hennessy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bestoftoronto.net/2014/12/a-fine-cognac-tasting-experience-with-hennessy/ |title=A fine cognac tasting experience with Hennessy |author= James Shay |date=13 December 2014 |website= |publisher=Best of Toronto |accessdate=25 March 2015}}</ref> His son James created the brand Hennessy and named the company Jas Hennessy & Co. He greatly expanded his father's business. While an Irishman, he served in the French Navy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Cognac.html |title=Cognac |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Advameg, Inc |accessdate=25 March 2015}}</ref> He set up the distillery on the [[Charent River]] in Cognac. The company has been run by eight [[generation]]s of Hennessys.<ref name=MH>{{cite web |url=http://education.mhusa.com/section.asp?i=1254949138406 |title=Cognac Hennessy |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Moët Hennessy USA |accessdate=25 March 2015 |archive-date=1 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201063440/http://education.mhusa.com/section.asp?i=1254949138406 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their [[master]] [[distiller]]s have been seven generations of the Fillioux family.<ref name=MH/> In 1971 in a [[wikt:merge|merge]]r with [[champagne ]] maker [[Moët & Chandon|Moet et Chandon]], Kilian Hennessy