Charles Heidsieck (Champagne) Charles Heidsieck (Champagne) 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". It is part of group since 2011. The house was founded in 1851 by the French champagne maker Charles Camille Heidsieck, who became known as Champagne Charlie. 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. He
History of Champagne were the first known inhabitants to plant vineyards in the Champagne region. The name Champagne comes from the Latin "campania" and referred to the similarities between the rolling hills of the province and the Italian countryside of Campania located south of Rome. The area was divided into the "Champagne pouilleuse"—the chalky, barren plains east of Reims—and "Champagne viticole", the forested hillside region known as the "Montagne de Reims" between Reims and the Marne river where the vines were planted. While vineyards were undoubtedly planted earlier, the first recorded vineyard belonged to St. Remi in the 5th century. For most of