Charles Neal is an importer and distributor based in San Francisco, California, and is a leading authority on Armagnac and Calvados, having written benchmark books on both brandies.  His company, Charles Neal Selections, has been in existence since 1998. In addition to these spirits, Charles imports wonderful wines from nearly all the French wine regions. He imports numerous wines from Southwestern France, Bordeaux, the Loire Valley, Burgundy, Champagne, Jura, Beaujolais, Burgundy, the Northern Rhone, Southern Rhone, Bugey, Savoie and, most recently, the Lorraine.