Tuesday, November 22, 2011

On Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, roses and cognac are mysteriously left at his grave. What brand of cognac?

Each year, an unidentified person skulks into the Westminster Burial Ground in Baltimore and leaves 3 roses, a half-empty bottle of cognac, and sometimes a note. Most stories just mention "cognac", but some purposely obscure the brand name, saying "(famous very expensive brand) cognac". So what is it? Martell? Courvoisier? Remy Martin? Is there a particular brand that has special significance related to Edgar Allan Poe?|||There is no evidence that Poe drank cognac, but the vintage of the cognac is French; howeverl no mention is done by name and even the Poe House (which has the bottles) will not show pictures of them to determine brand|||Martell....


"The three roses represent Poe, Virginia and Maria," says Jerome. "The cognac, we think, is simply a favorite of the toaster. It's Martell. As for his identity, we believe that there have been two toasters, perhaps a son carrying on his father's tradition."|||There was only one brand back then

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