Champagne Charlie

The story of the Heidsieck family is so rich and eventful it reads like something from the pages of a literary classic

With its long and storied history, Heidsieck is one of the most fabled Champagne houses in the world

The story of the Heidsieck Champagne family is perhaps the most fabulous, wild and exciting of all in Champagne, if not the entire wine world.

It involves wrongful arrest for spying in the US Civil War, a New York dandy, pioneering 19th century trips that would shame Jules Verne, near-bankruptcy, and salvation in the form of a letter granting ownership to what would become the city of Denver.

There are some stories in ...