Roch Hennessy, the premium spirit brand's business development manager for China. (Photo: Hennessy)Maurice Hennessy, brand ambassador, and Roch Hennessy, the premium spirit brand's business development manager for China, visited Nigeria this week concluding their Heritage Tour of Africa
As well as Nigeria, the Hennessy cousins have visited Kenya and South Africa as part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Hennessy VSOP cognac. It is the first time they have travelled together to promote the brand.
"Two hundred years is amazing when you see what has happened in the world in that time," said Maurice Hennessy.
Genuine cognac can only be made from white wine grapes grown in the Cognac region of south-west France - Maurice Hennessy himself owns one of the vineyards which supplies grapes for the spirit. Ensuring the integrity of Hennessy cognac is an important part of the brand's international work and the company has a department dedicated to eliminating counterfeit spirits from the market.
Roch Hennessy said this tour was his first time to Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa: "It has been a really good experience - there is passion around the brand and everyone has been welcoming."
The cousins explained how, as Hennessy has become a global brand, every market appropriates the brand according to local culture and tastes. There are, according to Maurice and Roch, multiple ways to enjoy VSOP.
"We are present everywhere around the world [with a] vision of open-mindedness with every single market's culture," said Roch. "We don't fix the rules - we leave that up to the market."
My morning routine has been slipping… Over the past few months, I’ve been so busy. Too busy in-fact. So busy juggling work and daily life that I let my morning routine slip. Somedays rushing out the door with barely the chance to eat a decent…
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Can I just take you back there. With me. To the farm where Emily and I were welcomed for our first three days in Oregon. Where we were loved and given delicious food. How about we relive the time Emily, and I set foot on the west coast for the first time. Or when Ed and I surfed tandem: uncontrollable laughter. The time we camped right off the interstate and could feel each semi-truck rolling past. Or the time we stumbled right off the road and were smacked in the face by the Holy Spirit filling the house of a family in Heber City. Or when Ed offered to pray for two Mormon men and they let us. I think you might have enjoyed being there when Fleet Foxes blasted through the speakers of our car and we entered another dimension. It would have been pretty funny to watch us all hit hour 10… 11… or 12 in the car with one another, and the mini-dose of culture shock that occurred each time we stepped out of the car (it was more of a mega-dose of culture shock for Ed, who'd just returned from 2 months in Fiji learning evangelism and practicing sharing The Gospel). It was a wild ride. We learned a lot. Especially about God's providence. What lay before us on this trip was totally unknown until He delivered. And He did.
We have an amazing array of authors covering historical, young adult, middle grade, fantasy, nonfiction, and more all participating in the #LetResilienceArise series starting next month. Get ready for some amazing moments with authors you love!
So many great authors are going to share their story of resilience, beginning in April 2017 on Thorn & Vine Blog!
April will feature Middle Grade and Young Adult Author and Lauren Brandenburg, Actress Amanda McDonough, and Author Loretta Eidson! Stay tuned for more very soon…
Last week’s blog about helping friends who are hurting got a lot of attention on social media—if you’re wondering to help someone you care about, check it out HERE and share with a friend in need or group that wants to lend a hand and could use some constructive ideas.
This month, I was featured on Author Jerusha Agen’s Fear Warrior Blog – and we’re talking about taking that big plunge of faith!
This month I’m featured discussing fear on the Fear Warrior Blog with author Jerusha Agen (link HERE). What is it like to have to trust fully, not knowing the outcome? It reminded me of when I helped with a teen ministry years ago and had to jump from a three-story platform at T Bar M Ranch in Texas! Would love for you to join our conversation about having faith in those rough moments.
Author Ralene Burke challenged me to dig deep and confess. I had to admit that although I’ve faced wildly death-defying moments—some very tender, others a bit like Indiana Jones in real life—I still really, truly disdain change. Even though I love putting my characters in fiction through the mill, when a new change comes my first reaction is to want to run. What do we do in those moments? And what role do deeper wells of faith and hope have in those moments? Join us there (link HERE).
A short YouTube video to entice you, inspired by the recent visit to Anza Borrego Desert Super Bloom!
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