The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It

Tilar J. Mazzeo

Oct 2009 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge, and Sam Riley!

"Narrative history that fizzes with life and feeling.” — Benjamin Wallace, New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire's Vinegar

The New York Times bestselling biography of the visionary young woman who built a champagne empire, became a legend, and showed the world how to live with style

Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamour, style, and luxury. 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, who, after her husband's death, defied convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. 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.

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 the captivating true story of a legend and a visionary.

Ratings and reviews

I enjoyed the fact that it was an audiobook format and covered many years, thru the history and struggle. The successes and failures add to a rich history, but the assumption/libertys were a bit off-putting. Half way thru all you notice is lots of personal opinion on what she "might have done" or "one can imagine she may have...". I was curious on learning the history more then what the writer thinks the subject may have done, like smile to herself or brushed her hair off her face as she thought. I understand the attempt to create a visual, it just was a bit too much for history enthusiasts.

TILAR J. MAZZEO IS A BRILLIANT AND COMPELLING WRITER!!!!!!!!!

Amazing Woman in a different time

About the author

Tilar J. Mazzeo is the author of numerous works of cultural history and biography, including the New York Times bestselling The Widow Clicquot, The Secret of Chanel No. 5, and nearly two dozen other books, articles, essays, and reviews on wine, travel, and the history of luxury. The Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English at Colby College, she divides her time between coastal Maine, New York City, and Vancouver Island, British Columbia.