In the city of Cognac, the big international cognac houses lie besides the small exclusive ones. In "The story of Cognac" the viewers get to know the cognac business from the inside, and find out why French law protects both the making and the name since 1905.
In "The Story of Rum" the viewers go on an extraordinary journey in the Caribbean where Rum has its roots, and strongest foothold, and where salt stained stories of seamanship and pirates still thrive. You see examples of ancient rum making as well as "high tech" of today.
Whisky is the world's most sold "short drink" and the whisky industry has always been surrounded with secrecy. Every distillery is proud of its own way of making a whisky and heavy responsibility lies on a few key persons, whose noses create the wanted character of a specific whisky. Although Scotland is forever linked to whisky production the film also deals with Irish, American, Canadian and Japanese whisky.