Champagne Charlie: The Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne

by Petie Kladstrup and Don Kladstrup

Book Overview

A New York Times Best Wine Book of 2021

Champagne Charlie tells the story of a dashing young Frenchman, Charles Heidsieck, who introduced hard-drinking Americans to champagne in the mid-nineteenth century and became famously known as Champagne Charlie. Ignoring critics who warned that America was a dangerous place to do business, Heidsieck plunged right in, considering it "the land of opportunity" and succeeding there beyond...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640123946
• ISBN13: 9781640123946
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.0" x 9.2"