I write about culture, cinema and tv. Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin became the first businesswoman of France when she was only 27. In Thomas Napper’s movie Widow Clicquot, she is portrayed by ...

Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin was born into a moderately ... Within weeks Russia’s Tsar Alexander I declared that ‘Veuve’ Clicquot, or ‘Widow’ Clicquot, was the only thing he would drink.

IN 1798, BARBE-NICOLE PONSARDIN, the daughter of a wealthy ... She eventually earned the title “Grande Dame of Champagne.” Today, Veuve Clicquot—which means “widow Clicquot”— remains ...

But this was not the case for Stella McCartney’s recent collaboration with Veuve Clicquot. Instead, it was about what they could give her: specifically, the stalks, skins, pulp, and discarded fruits ...