
The Widow Clicquot
The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It
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Susan Ericksen
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Tilar Mazzeo
In The Widow Clicquot, Tilar J. Mazzeo brings to life for the first time the fascinating woman behind the iconic yellow label: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin. A young witness to the dramatic events of the French Revolution and a new widow during the chaotic years of the Napoleonic Wars, Barbe-Nicole defied convention by assuming - after her husband's death - the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she became one of the world's first great businesswomen and one of the richest women of her time.
Although the Widow Clicquot is still a legend in her native France, her story has never been told in all its richness - until now. Painstakingly researched and elegantly written, The Widow Clicquot provides a glimpse into the life of a woman who arranged clandestine and perilous champagne deliveries to Russia one day and entertained Napoleon and Josephine Bonaparte on another. She was a daring and determined entrepreneur, a bold risk taker, and an audacious and intelligent woman who took control of her own destiny when fate left her on the brink of financial ruin. Her legacy lives on today, not simply through the famous product that still bears her name, but now through Mazzeo's finely crafted book.
As much a fascinating journey through the process of making this temperamental wine as a biography of a uniquely tempered woman, The Widow Clicquot is utterly intoxicating.
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Not much of a story but a great woman
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The author admits there's not much to go on
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I didn't care for how it started off where the author stated that Madame Clicquot Ponsardin didn't pass on her business to her only daughter as if she didn't believe a woman was capable. Towards the end when her daughter is grown and married, it is obvious that she would not be capable of running the business (nor her husband). It had nothing to do with her gender.
Good History on Champagne
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More please
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Very interesting story
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Interesting story
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Widow Clicquot
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Makes me want to take a trip!
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Great history, maybe too much detail
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Excellent history lesson!
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