Maison Martell takes up winter quarters at  Mandarin Oriental, Paris in the chic heart of the French capital.For six months starting November, the hotel’s terrace decor will be inspired by the workshop of Maison Martell’s cellar master. Here, cognac-lovers, connoisseurs and the general public can immerse themselves in the luxurious world of Martell.

The decor evokes the House’s three hundred years of savoir-faire, and  the major stages in the creation of cognac, from the double distillation of the eaux de vie, to ageing in fine-grained oak barrels, and the art of blending – which has been handed down from one cellar master to another for nine generations.