page_title: Camus Cognac
section_title: Timeline
hierarchical_section_title: Camus Cognac / Timeline
caption_attribution_description: English: Chateau Plessis-Birth place of Family Camus
context_page_description: Camus Cognac is a brand of cognac that has been produced by five generations of the Camus family, since 1863 when Jean-Baptiste Camus organized a group of producers to sell cognac under the brand 'La Grande Marque'.
  Today, Cyril Camus - the fifth generation of the Camus family - heads the company which counts 500 employees in eight countries on three continents. Camus products are sold in most countries in the world, in almost every international airport and on board a large number of airlines.
context_section_description: 1863 - Founding of the Company
  1910 - Became the official cognac at the court of the Tsar of Russia
  1960 - Entered the duty-free market
  1971 - Opening the first office in Hong-Kong
  1991 - Expansion of the vineyards in the Borderies region
  2000 - First release of Camus Borderies XO, the company's flagship product
  2007 - Founding of Yuanliu, the company's China subsidiary
  2008 - Activation of CIL US, the company's USA subsidiary. Opening of the Camus Vietnam Office
  2009 - Opening of the first Maison Camus store, and first Maison Camus Lounge in Beijing
caption: Chateau Plessis the birthplace of the Camus family
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