Veuve Clicquot

£43.00

Product Reference: STYB6264

The remarkable Madame Clicquot (1777-1866)is often considered the first businesswoman of the modern era. Ne Nicole-Barbe Ponsardin, she was widowed in 1805 at the age of 27. Veuve Clicquot ( Veuve means widow in French) defied every convention of the day to take the helm of her late husbands small Champagne house. She enlisted help wisely, took astute risks and made important technological innovations (including the invention of remuage or riddling), leading the House to world renown. One of her most significant triumphs was sending a secret shipment of her Champagne to Russia in 1814 in defiance of Napoleons blockade--a great success. Size: 75cl bottle.