Fine (French word meaning "fine", as in "high quality") is a term for some high quality French brandy (generally AOC), not including Cognac and Armagnac. Varieties include:
- Fine de Bordeaux
- Fine de Bourgogne
- Fine de la Marne
It is notably referenced in Ernest Hemingway's work, especially The Sun Also Rises:
- "We had dined at l'Avenue's and afterward went to the Café de Versailles for coffee. We had several fines after the coffee..."
- "After the coffee and a fine we got the bill, chalked up the same as ever on a slate"
(It is also mentioned in A Moveable Feast.) In a scene in the James Bond film Goldfinger, Bond is offered what is described by his host as "rather disappointing brandy". Bond comments that it is a "30 year-old fine, indifferently blended...with an overdose of bon bois. It was formerly quite common in France; it is now quite rare.
