For centuries, Champagne wasn’t just a drink. It was a political weapon.

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Reims is where French kings were crowned — and Reims is the heart of Champagne. The wines became synonymous with power.

Louis XIV made it fashionable at Versailles. Dom Pérignon didn’t invent Champagne, but he perfected it — blending, cellaring, managing the bubble.

Marie Antoinette allegedly had a coupe molded from her breast. Probably a myth. But the perfect myth.

Napoleon: “In victory, I deserve Champagne. In defeat, I need it.”

Queen Victoria made it the drink of the British Empire. Russian Tsars ordered it by the shipload. Kings demanded it because that’s what power drank.

Every royal wedding, state dinner, coronation — Champagne. Royalty engineered a drink that tastes like celebration.

Every time you pop a bottle, you’re continuing a tradition that kings and queens started centuries ago.

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