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Rich in heritage, Piper-Heidsieck has built its identity on innovation and excellence since 1785, when Florens-Louis Heidsieck opened his Champagne house with the ambition of making a “cuvée worthy of a queen.” He realized that ambition when he offered his first cuvée to Marie Antoinette, who fell for it at the first taste. She soon became the Champagne’s earliest brand ambassador. When Henri-Guillaume Piper joined the Reims house in 1815, he and Florens-Louis’s nephew Christian Heidsieck worked to carry its reputation far beyond France. Today Piper-Heidsieck is served in more than 100 countries and holds more than 275 medals, making it the most awarded Champagne house of the century*.

The house credits its global success to the dedication and skill of its chief winemakers. Cellar Master Émilien Boutillat, the youngest chef de cave to head winemaking at a major Champagne house, carries on its uncompromising pursuit of quality. Committed to safeguarding Champagne’s terroir through sustainable viticulture, Piper-Heidsieck holds two certifications for its vineyards: Viticulture Durable en Champagne and Haute Valeur Environnementale**. It also buys fruit from like-minded growers across 319 crus in Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne, Côte des Blancs and Côte des Bar. These growers continue to adopt stricter environmental practices, including fewer chemical inputs, greater biodiversity, dry farming and careful energy and waste management.

From Marie Antoinette to Royal Warrant Appointments granted by 14 royal and imperial courts, Piper-Heidsieck has long drawn the attention of high society, including Hollywood’s biggest names. The house first appeared on screen in the Laurel and Hardy film “Sons of the Desert” and has since played a supporting role for stars from Clark Gable to Marilyn Monroe, who is credited with saying, “I go to bed with a few drops of Chanel No 5 and I wake up each morning to a glass of Piper-Heidsieck; it warms me up.” Its red carpet reputation is known at film festivals worldwide. Piper-Heidsieck is the official Champagne sponsor of the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards, and it supports cinema as a patron of the Motion Picture & Television Fund and a partner of the Cinémathèque Française.

*Régis Camus, Piper-Heidsieck’s Chief Winemaker, has been named “Sparkling Winemaker of the Year” by the International Wine Challenge jury eight times since the start of the century.