John Charles Ricciuti Champagne, Grand Cru, Blanc de Blanc Brut, NV
The story is long and touching. This is the short version is:
John Charles' Grandfather (an American immigrant from Italy) was in the trenches of the Marne, near Avenay-Val-d'Or in 1917 and met and married a French woman from the area. They moved back to the U.S.and had a son, Albert