Heidsieck
(ˈhaɪdsiːk)
[Name of the original producer and exporter.]
The proprietary name of a brand of champagne.
| 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. ix. 64 We tapped a bottle of Heidsiek.., and all hands spliced the main-brace. 1877 Trade Marks Jrnl. 29 Jan. 249/1 Charles Heidsieck. Charles Heidsieck, Reims (Marne), France; champagne merchant... Wine. 1890 Kipling Life's Handicap (1891) 163 The King's Peg..liqueur brandy for whisky, and Heidsieck for soda-water. 1904 A. Bennett Great Man xxv. 284 He was intoxicated..though not with the Heidsieck. 1920 G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-Bk. v. 70 The earliest pages of my book show Pommery itself and Heidsieck Monopole. 1956 A. L. Simon Know your Wines 82 Heidsieck & Co. are a firm of producers and shippers of Reims. It started as a man's name. 1959 Trade Marks Jrnl. 26 Aug. 731/1 Heidsieck... Champagne wines. Kunkelmann et Compagnie.., Reims, France; wine shippers. 1965 O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink 163 Heidsieck, old-established champagne of Reims, not to be confused with Piper-Heidsieck. |