Victoria Song and Yiwei Zhou Visit the Hennessy Estate

At the 2019 Cognac Festival, all eyes were on the Château de Bagnolet and the Maison Hennessy, which had the honor of hosting performers Victoria Song Qian and Zhou Yi Wei, two of China's brightest stars. In town to shoot the teaser for “Declassified”, a Hennessy Masterclass-style event that introduces cognac to consumers based in China, the A-list performers received a private tour of the Hennessy archives, vineyard, distillery, and Founder’s Cellar. The experience culminated with a tasting hosted by Roch Hennessy, an 8th-generation member of the Hennessy family, to learn more about how eaux-de-vie are aged and to appreciate the Hennessy Collection's rarest cognacs. The experience clearly impressed the actors, and their Vlog posts attracted millions of views.

That evening, they attended an intimate dinner at the Hennessy family’s historic estate, the Château de Bagnolet, where they were greeted by Renaud Fillioux de Gironde, Hennessy’s 8th-generation Master Blender, and the House’s president and managing director, Bernard Peillon. At Hennessy, the art of hospitality is a time-honored tradition. Built on the banks of the Charente River in 1810, and surrounded by seven acres of grounds, the Hennessy family estate in Cognac features a sumptuous décor inspired by travel. The Château de Bagnolet symbolizes the art de vivre for which the Maison is renowned, immersing guests in a multi-sensory discovery of the unique Hennessy heritage and savoir-faire.