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 very first cognac houses in the Cognac region. For almost 40 years, Jean Martell devoted 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 winemakers 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 meticulous care as her late husband. Thanks to the active development of export, Martell became the number one cognac in England in 1814. In 1831, the company produced its first VSOP cognac and continued to promote it on the international market. Jean and Frederic's sons inherited the flourishing business from Rachel. Cordon Bleu, created in 1912, is considered the company's most renowned product. Martell cognac was served on board the "Queen Mary" in 1936 and even on the "Concorde" in 1977. In 1987, Seagram acquired the French company for 1.2 billion dollars. Since the acquisition of several alcoholic beverage companies by the Seagram group in 2001, Martell has been owned by the Pernod Ricard group. In the 2000s, Martell introduced new cognacs to the market: Martell XO in 2005, Martell Création Grand Extra in a bottle created by glass artist Serge Manso in 2007. In 2009, Martell released its signature cognac L'Or de Jean Martell. In 2011, Martell expanded its range of "ultra-prestigious" products by adding the exclusive Martell Chanteloup Perspective cognac as a tribute to the master craftsmen of Martell cognac production. Martell is a French art of living passed down from generation to generation, savoring the beauty of each moment and deriving maximum pleasure from it. With a rich history where craftsmanship serves the taste, Martell cognac has been enjoyed and admired for three centuries already - at solemn coronations, in Hollywood movies, on polar expeditions, at aristocratic weddings...and beyond.