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Piper-Heidsieck is a Champagne house founded by Florens-Louis Heidsieck in 1785 in Reims, France. [1] Piper-Heidsieck was acquired on July 8, 2011, by the French luxury group EPI (Entreprise Patrimoniale d’Investissements), [ 2 ] controlled by the Descours family.
Charles Heidsieck is the smallest of the Grandes Marques champagne Houses. Based in the Reims region of Champagne, it is one of the best-known producers for both vintage and non-vintage cuvée. [1] It has been part of EPI group since 2011.
Charles Heidsieck was the son of Charles-Henri Heidsieck, a Champagne merchant who was famous for riding into Moscow on a white stallion in 1811 just ahead of Napoleon's advancing army. Heidsieck arrived with cases of his Champagne and his order book, ready to celebrate with whichever side would win the upcoming battle. [3]
Florens-Louis Heidsieck (1749–1828) was the founder of the Champagne house Heidsieck & Co from which later Piper-Heidsieck was spun off, and which was the start of the Heidsieck Champagne clan. Heidsieck was the son of a Lutheran minister from Westphalia, and had moved to Reims to work as a cloth merchant.
Following the death of Auguste Heidsieck, in 1870 the company Veuve Heidsieck et Co., heirs to Heidsieck & Co, operated under the leadership of his widow for a few years. Her successor was Florens Walbaum, who became the first chairman of the Syndicat du Commerce des Vins de Champagne from 1882 until his death in 1893. [1]
A negociant Champagne from Montaudon Tsarine, a second label of Chanoine Frères A Grand Cru grower Champagne from Bernard Bremont A Grand Cru Champagne from Georges Vesselle A blanc de blanc Grand Cru Champagne from Franck Bonville Bottles of Moët & Chandon in the caves Bottles of Taittinger in the cave Bottles of Veuve Clicquot ranging from "piccolo" (0.188 L) to "Balthazar" (12 L)