Charles Heidsieck Sélection

What Charles Heidsieck Sélection does

Charles Heidsieck Sélection (CH-Sélection) is a French wine and Champagne portfolio management and distribution company headquartered in Puget-Sur-Durance, France, founded in 2014 and operating as part of the EPI Group, which is controlled by the Descours family. The company curates, markets, and distributes a portfolio of seven prestigious beverage brands: the Champagne houses Charles Heidsieck, Piper-Heidsieck, Rare Champagne, and Telmont, together with the wine estates Biondi-Santi, Isole e Olena, and Château La Verrerie. Its customers are end consumers in the premium wine and Champagne category, reached indirectly through authorized merchants, restaurants, and retail partners across international markets.

CH-Sélection's core operating capability is portfolio curation and distribution rather than production technology; production and winemaking sit within each underlying maison. The company's revenue model is not publicly disclosed, with pricing handled on a quote basis. Recent commercial activity includes the 2024 launch of 'Essentiel By Baieta', a bespoke cuvée co-created with chef Julia Sedefjian of Restaurant Baieta and Piper-Heidsieck Chef de Caves Emilien Boutillat, and the 2025 renewal of B-Corp certification at an improved score of 102.6 points (up from 91.9 in 2022), positioning the group's Champagne houses within the sustainability-led premium segment.

The company's go-to-market is primarily corporate-website driven (brand portfolio showcase, news updates, downloadable catalogue), with reach extended through partner distribution. The portfolio generated significant international recognition in 2025, including a Supreme World Champion title for Piper-Heidsieck Vintage 2014 Magnum at the Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships and multiple high scores (92-97/100) from Wine Advocate and Decanter. The company employs approximately 8 staff at its Puget-Sur-Durance headquarters. No AI, software, or digital product surface is disclosed in the available data.

Name

Charles Heidsieck Sélection

Legal name

CH-Sélection

Website

https://chselection.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CH-Sélection is a French portfolio management and distribution company curating premium Champagne houses (Charles Heidsieck, Piper-Heidsieck, Rare Champagne, Telmont) and fine wine estates (Biondi-Santi, Isole e Olena, Château La Verrerie) under the EPI Group, serving international luxury wine markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Premium Champagne and Fine Wine Distribution

NAICS

Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers (42482)

SIC

Wholesale-Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages (5180)

akta.pro primary industry

Alcohol Importers & Brand Owners (Wholesale) (CRAOAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wine & Sparkling Wine Wineries & Brands (CRADAIAB)

Keywords

• Premium champagne selection
• Fine wine distribution
• Wine portfolio management
• Luxury beverage brands
• Champagne house curation

Headquarters

HQ city

Puget-Sur-Durance

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CH-Sélection curates, manages, and distributes a portfolio of prestigious Champagne and fine wine brands including Charles Heidsieck, Piper-Heidsieck, Rare Champagne, Château La Verrerie, Biondi-Santi, Isole e Olena, and Telmont. Operating as the wine and champagne selection division of Groupe EPI, the company markets these brands to authorized wine merchants, restaurants, and retail partners across international markets.

Product overview

CH-Sélection is a wine selection and distribution company that manages a portfolio of premium champagne and wine brands. The portfolio includes core brands (Charles Heidsieck, Piper-Heidsieck) and acquired/distributed Italian wine estates (Biondi-Santi, Isole e Olena, Château La Verrerie). The company operates as a multi-brand portfolio manager under the EPI Group, owned by the Descours family, and has achieved B-Corp certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Charles Heidsieck: Prestigious Champagne house included in the portfolio
• Piper-Heidsieck
• Rare Champagne
• Biondi-Santi
• Isole e Olena
• Château La Verrière
• Telmont

Products and services

• Charles Heidsieck

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Baieta RestaurantnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerRestaurant Baieta, led by Julia Sedefjian (France's youngest starred chef), partnered with Piper-Heidsieck to create a bespoke cuvée: Essentiel By Baieta. This co-creation involved collaboration with chef Emilien Boutillat of Caves.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bollinger: Family-owned Champagne house with a prestige cuvée (Vieilles Vignes Françaises) and complementary still wine interests. Comparable mid-sized independent Champagne competitor with similar family-ownership dynamics.
• Laurent-Perrier: Independently owned Champagne house competing head-to-head with Charles Heidsieck and Piper-Heidsieck in the premium and ultra-prestige segments. Closest peer in positioning, scale, and family-ownership heritage.
• Maison Marques et Domaines: Distribution arm of Roederer family holdings (Louis Roederer, Cristal, Roederer Estate). Closest structural analogue to CH-Sélection — a small portfolio entity curating and distributing luxury Champagne and fine wine brands internationally.
• Champagne Lanson: Independently owned Champagne house with recent revival momentum and on-trade focus. Directly comparable mid-tier Champagne peer competing for similar listings and consumer occasions.
• Vranken-Pommery Monopole: Public French Champagne group owning Pommery, Demoiselle, and Heidsieck Monopole plus a portfolio of still wines. Directly comparable as a multi-brand Champagne portfolio manager with both production and distribution functions.

Broad incumbents

• LVMH (Moët Hennessy): Owns Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon, Veuve Clicquot, Krug, and Hennessy — the dominant incumbent in luxury Champagne. Competes with CH-Sélection brands across every price tier but with vastly greater resources.
• Treasury Wine Estates: Global multi-brand wine portfolio (Penfolds, Beaulieu Vineyard, Beringer, et al.) with a comparable multi-region, multi-tier portfolio strategy — though focused on still wines rather than Champagne.
• Rémy Cointreau: Listed French luxury spirits group with family-controlled ownership dynamics similar to EPI/Descours. Adjacent in the luxury beverage space and a relevant comparable for owner-operator premium beverage groups.
• Pernod Ricard: Owns Mumm and Perrier-Jouët Champagne houses plus a global spirits distribution network. Broad incumbent that competes in premium Champagne and provides scale distribution that CH-Sélection cannot match.

Others

• Biondi-Santi (Tenute del Cerrano): Owner of Biondi-Santi and partner in the Isole e Olena/Chianti Classico ecosystem — adjacent ecosystem participant within CH-Sélection's own Italian wine portfolio and a relevant peer for Italian fine-wine distribution strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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