This is the story of the Charles Heidsieck who opened the market for Champagne sales in America just prior to the American Civil War. He is a reluctant French spy and is captured and spends time in a Union prison. There are two parallel love stories (he is French) and some battles with his uncle for control of the family vineyard (because his father married his mother who the uncle also loved).
Hugh Grant
as Charles Heidsieck
Megan Gallagher
as Pauline
Georges Descrières
as Pierre-Henri
Jean-Claude Dauphin
as Ernest
Stéphane Audran
as Thérèse
Megan Follows
as Louise
Alexandra Stewart
as Cécile
Jean-Paul Muel
as Clément
Charles W. Gray
as Moses
Vladek Sheybal
as Comte Plasky
Béatrice Agenin
as Mme de Ghuilain
Pier Paolo Capponi
as M. de Ghuilain
