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Christina Haack launched her own line of champagne, Clé Cachée

The brand marks the first time the HGTV star has released her own product, fulfilling a longtime dream

The name means "hidden key" in French, a nod to where she is in her life now after a tumultuous few years

Christina Haack's long love affair with champagne is now her brand new business.

The HGTV star launched Clé Cachée , her signature brut, on Sept. 29 with a limited release of 30,000 bottles. "I've been a champagne girl for as long as I can remember," the designer, 42, tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story . But on a trip to Napa Valley with her boyfriend Chris Larocca, 52, her "obsession" turned into a business plan.

She took several trips to Reims and Épernay in France over the last year to learn

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