Don and Petie Kladstrup, former journalists now residing in Paris, have had distinguished careers. Don served as a television news correspondent for CBS and ABC News from 1978 to 1994, earning three Emmys, two Dupont-Columbia Awards (Gold Baton), the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Humanitarian Journalism, several Overseas Press Club awards, and a National Association of Black Journalists award. Petie reported for various Midwestern newspapers, worked as an assistant to the U.S. ambassador to UNESCO in Paris, and won an Overseas Press Club award. Together, they coauthored “Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France’s Greatest Treasure” and “Champagne: How the World’s Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed over War and Hard Times.”
Champagne Charlie | The Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne by Don and Petie Kladstrup recounts the story about Charles Heidsieck, who faced a tumultuous road in his quest to introduce champagne to the United States. It is a thrilling tale of how the go-to celebratory drink of our time made its way, thanks to the controversial figure of Heidsieck.
Peter and Amy Bernstein founded Bernstein Literary Agency in 2009. For over two decades, we have worked with over 100 brilliant authors around the globe and across a gamut of subjects to get their books published, and their stories told. We typically work on non-fiction projects, but we have helped bring many fiction books, children’s books, and the occasional cookbook to market. We work with authors in all stages of their careers, from experienced, award-winning, and bestselling ones to debut writers ready to take on the world.
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