1.   A not-too-sweet raspberry-soaked grape brandy, the concoction was slightly tart, exuberantly fruity and pleasantly decadent.

2.   For Calvados aficionados, the complex flavors of distilled apple juice aged in French oak is superior to any grape brandy.

3.   Good grape brandies are distilled in Spain, Italy, the United States and Germany, but France still is viewed as the leader of high-quality brandy.

4.   Like all grape brandies, Armagnac is distilled from wine.

5.   Somewhat confusingly, Pisco is also the name of the port from which the grape brandy was shipped.

6.   Health inspectors throughout Serbia confiscated Tuesday thousands of liters of poisonous grape brandy that killed at least a dozen people in one week.