AdvertisementHitler Couldn't Defeat Churchill, But Champagne Nearly DidApril 01, 2016Nina MartyrisfacebookEmailBritish politician Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, make a toast upon their arrival in Switzerland in August 1946. Stories of Churchill's special relationship with alcohol are legendary — and champagne was his truest passion. A new book reveals the extent to which that passion imperiled his already threadbare bank balance. (Getty Images)