The Nicolas Feuillatte champagnes available In South Africa are:

- Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Réserve, packaged in an elegant gift box, retails at approximately R399 (750ml bottle);
- Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Rosé, packaged in a beautiful gift box, retails at approximately R579 (750ml bottle); and
- Nicolas Feuillatte Palmes d’Or Brut Vintage 2004, packaged in a distinctive bottle with an exquisite black gift box, retails at approximately R1600 (750ml bottle).

Nicolas Feuillatte, the man behind the brand, was a Paris-born New York entrepreneur, international jet-setter and socialite with friends in high places the world over. He made his first fortune as a coffee merchant in New York and went on to make his second by creating his own brand of Champagne in 1976. Often found in the company of the who’s who of society, he decided that the Nicolas Feuillatte brand must in the first instance be able to satisfy the most discerning of palates, in order to also satisfy a wider audience.

The Champagne he created was elegant and sophisticated and an immediate hit with an exceptional group of A-listers. Famous for throwing lavish parties at his homes in New York, Tunisia, Sydney and Paris, he was frequently photographed with the rich and famous, including the Kennedy’s, Lauren Bacall, Shirley MacLaine, Sophia Loren and Aristotle Onassis, with whom he played golf. Two women in particular contributed to the success of his Champagne — Jackie Kennedy and Diana, Princess of Wales. With his celebrity connections, Feuillatte’s Champagne quickly became popular in the US, to the extent that supply was soon unable to match demand.

To expand production, he teamed up with a collection of grower co-operatives based in Epernay and the brand began its miraculous rise through the ranks of the Champagne greats to compete at the very top, selling more than 10 million bottles of Champagne a year. Feuillatte, the French entrepreneur behind the remarkably successful Champagne that bears his name, died at the age of 88, in August 2014, in the same week as his close friend and actress Lauren Bacall.