Brandy is distilled wine, with wine being produced by fermenting the fruit of the grapevine. The color is mostly derived by the aging process. Tequila is obtained by distilling the "most" which is obtained by cooking and fermenting the body of a specific plant callen blue weber agave (aka agave tequilana). read more
Because of the complexity of the process, for each of the many famous brandy brands, the producer comes up with a brandy that tastes slightly different from any other. However, there are only three major brandy types. The first is grape brandy, like Remy Martin, Hennessy, and Korbel. The second is fruit brandy, like Laird of Cusenier. read more