Founded in the late 18th century, Veuve Clicquot is among the oldest Champagne houses in the world. As the story goes, Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin married the son of the founder of the house.

She sold over 10,000 bottles of champagne for the equivalent of £70 each and saved her business. Within weeks Russia’s Tsar Alexander I declared that ‘Veuve’ Clicquot, or ‘Widow ...

Those big names of the champagne world — Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Nicolas Feuillatte ... won’t be as much force behind the cork. The price of champagne is up 11% over the last few ...