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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.
The Heidsieck name was combined with the Piper name in October 1839. Owned since 2011 by EPI from 1990, Piper-Heidsieck was part of the Rémy Cointreau wine and spirits group. [3] Charles Heidsieck was founded in 1851 by Charles Camille Heidsieck, son of Charles-Henri Heidsieck, who was a nephew of Florens-Louis Heidsieck.
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]
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Charles Heidsieck was born in 1822 into an eminent Reims family whose wine-making traditions date back to Florens-Louis Heidsieck (see Heidsieck & Co). In 1851, at age 29, he founded a wine house (Maison) bearing his own name.
The company name therefore changed to "Walbaum Heidsieck & Co." [1] In 1860 Henri Louis Walbaum and Auguste Heidsieck established the trademark "Monopole". 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.
Jean de Suarez d'Aulan married in 1926 Anne Marie Yolande Kunkelmann (1904–1989), daughter of the founder of Piper-Heidsieck Champagne. [8] Together, they had four children: Francois (10th Marquis of Aulan), Catherine (married to Claude Taittinger ), Guilaine (married to Count de Poix) and Philippe.
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