{"id":16324,"date":"2024-02-26T13:10:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T18:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/?p=16324"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:33:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T20:33:08","slug":"talleyrand-anecdotes-napoleons-minister-of-foreign-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/talleyrand-anecdotes-napoleons-minister-of-foreign-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Talleyrand anecdotes, Napoleon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"
According to some historians, it was Talleyrand, Napoleon’s<\/a> Minister of Foreign Affairs who established the ritual of drinking a glass of cognac. The event occurred in Talleyrand’s own palace, in Paris and during the Congress of Vienna. The student was none other than the Russian ambassador, who by drinking the cognac in a single gulp caused astonishment in the sophisticated Talleyrand, who could do nothing but instruct him by teaching him to drink a glass of cognac<\/a> in the following way: <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYour Excellency, said Talleyrand, that is not how cognac is to be drunk. First you take the glass in the cup of your hand to warm it, then you shake it passionately, so that the spirit offers its perfume, and then you smell it, you breathe it… And then, Monsignor, the ambassador asked? Afterwards, Your Excellency, the glass is put back on the table and people speak beautifully about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n