Beef Bourguignone

2 ½ lbs stew meat.
6 slices of bacon.

1 large yellow onion, rough chopped.
1-cup baby carrots.
4 cloves of Garlic, minced.
2 cans, Swanson’s beef broth.
8 to 16 oz. sliced mushrooms.
2 tbsp tomato paste.
2-½ tsp fresh Thyme.
3 bay leaves.
2 16 oz packages of frozen pearl onions.
¼ cup all-purpose flour.
Kosher Salt.
Fresh ground Black Pepper.
Olive oil.
¼ cup Courvoisier Cognac.
1 bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon.
1/2 tsp sage.