Possible Clues:

• Brandy, stuff that's uplifting!
• Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Cohn
• Fruit refuse
• Brandy made from the remains of pressed grapes
• 'The Fiddler' painter Chagall
• Fill up Pierre's brandy
• Revolting stuff which is a by-product of winemaking
• Brandy is stuff for knocking back!
• Lalonde or Garneau
• Franz --, one of the founders of Der Blaue Reiter in Munich in 1911