Champagne Charlie: The Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne by Don Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup
English | November 1st, 2021 | ISBN: 1640123946 | 296 pages | True EPUB | 10.77 MB
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 his wildest dreams. Those dreams, however, became a nightmare when the Civil War erupted and he was imprisoned and nearly executed after being charged with spying for the Confederacy.