Statesman who brought dry champagne to America (6)

I believe the answer is:

brutus

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'statesman who' is the definition.
'Brutus' can be an answer for 'statesman'. I am not sure about the rest of the definition.

'dry champagne to america' is the wordplay.
'dry champagne' becomes 'brut' (I've seen this before).
'to america' becomes 'US' (United States).
'brut'+'us'='BRUTUS'

'brought' is the link.

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(Other definitions for brutus that I've seen before include "Roman conspirator" , "An honourable man, said Antony" , "Conspirator in the murder of Julius Caesar" , "legendary hero" , ""The noblest Roman of them all"" .)

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