In the field of oenology, the French term fine identifies and refers to a brandy that is distilled from wine, as opposed to marc, which is a brandy that is distilled from pomace, the solid remains of grapes after pressing for juice.
[1] In France, fine production often falls under Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) designation, with production methods and naming required to meet certain legal requirements.
For example: In the works of Ernest Hemingway, the characters speak of their gastronomic adventures in drinking and eating: In the novel The Sun Also Rises (1926): and:
In the spy movie Goldfinger (1964), in an after-dinner scene with the head of the Bank of England and M: Bond's oenological reference, bon bois, is to a potent brandy from a specific Cognac-producing region in the south-west France.