Charles Heidsieck, a French champagne merchant, pioneers the US market for Champagne just before the American Civil War. As a reluctant spy, he's captured and imprisoned by the Union, while navigating two parallel love stories amidst the backdrop of family rivalries and struggles for control of the family vineyard.
Champagne Charlie
The film tells the tale of Charles Heidsieck, a pioneering Champagne merchant who broke into the American market just before the Civil War. As a reluctant French spy, he finds himself imprisoned in a Union facility, where his story intertwines with two parallel narratives.
