The Life of Madame Clicquot: How One Woman Built an Empire and Revolutionised Champagne

Discover the remarkable story of Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, the 19th-century widow who transformed her late husband's champagne business into a global empire. In The Widow Clicquot, Tilar J. Mazzeo brings to life the story of an extraordinary woman who defied convention, challenged the status quo, and created a brand that has become synonymous with luxury and quality. A perfect gift for the wine connoisseur in your life, this book is an easy-to-read and engaging account of an incredible success story.

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Tilar J Mazzeo's newest book, "The Story of a Champagne Empire," is a captivating account of one of the world's most beloved drinks. Through meticulous research and engaging storytelling, Mazzeo takes readers on a journey through the history of champagne and its significant impact on the world. From its invention in the 17th century to its current status as a symbol of luxury and celebration, readers will gain a newfound appreciation and understanding of the beloved bubbly.
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Details of The Life of Madame Clicquot: How One Woman Built an Empire and Revolutionised Champagne

  • ASIN ‏ ‎: B0164K4ZT6
  • Language ‏ ‎: English
  • Hardcover ‏ ‎: 0 pages
  • Customer Reviews: 4.3/5 stars of 1,818 ratings
  • Publisher ‏ ‎: Harper Business

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Karen: Loved this book, finished it 6 months ago and am going to read it again. A great read, much detail, the author brings the Widow to life. A great read for Lovers of Verve!

Australia on Nov 24, 2023

Suze: Because so little has been written about the widow or saved from her writings this is all surmised from research. It is thorough but not that comprehensive for lack of material. Some of the facts about her life are very interesting.

United States on Nov 03, 2023

Donna Jean Earhart: Interesting book on an amazing subject.

United States on Sep 29, 2023

K. TOM: I always love reading books about strong women who defied the norm of their time to blaze a trail of their own and set a new standard for those who knew them!

United States on Jul 09, 2023

Scoop: Likes the story, the history and look of the book. Also the recipes.

Canada on May 13, 2022

WF van der Hart: The life of the Widow Clicquot is certainly an interesting story, but the book is not one of the amazing biographies I've read in the past. It's okay and since I'm a champagne fan the book does reveal interesting facts. But the overall writing style is not making me enthusiastic. The writer makes it clear he does not really know what happened exactly and uses lots of might, perhaps, maybe etc.. to speculate on what the widow might have done. It reads like extensive research with lots of speculation about the missing parts.

Germany on Mar 15, 2022

Theresa Rose DeGray: My absolute favorite book! If you are looking for inspiration, look no further. This book should be read at all Business Schools. The author had audacity to pull together all the little bits of information she could find and weave them through history to give us what could only be described as a moving tale of one woman’s quest to survive and thrive dispute revolution, being widowed and being a woman in business when there really was no such thing. Cheers to the authors brilliance, dedication, immense research and clear command of history.
PS: Also make a great gift with a bottle of the Yellow Label for almost any occasion!

United States on Dec 18, 2021

Travel Books and Movies: I’m a big fan of sparkling wine--I like tasting it, looking at it, learning more about it, and of course, reading about it. So reading The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It was a must for me.

The book details the life of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” who revolutionized the champagne industry while being a widowed single mother and one of the first women in the world to run an international business.

Written in a thorough, but accessible way, The Widow Clicquot (in French: “Veuve Clicquot”) details the life of this remarkable woman and her rise to international business leader with interesting information on the development of champagne (spoiler alert: Dom Perignon did not actually invent it), the French Revolution, life in France during the 19th century, and, of course, the personal story of Barbe-Nicole and her family.

The author admits to having difficulty finding information on this fascinating woman, but brings together an interesting portrait of a woman, a time period, and a product that has resounding effects today. (She also includes some information on which places...

United States on Mar 24, 2020

David: strangely, the route to reading this biography came more by circumstance than by intent. Earlier in 2019 I had been doing post-graduate research on Gabrielle Bonheur (Coco) Chanel and had included, in the secondary source readings 'The Secret of Chanel No. 5' and 'The Hotel on Place Vendome', both written by Tilar J. Mazzeo and like 'The Widow Clicquot', well worth reading. It has to be said that for financial, circumstantial, health or personal preference standpoints, clearly not everyone will consume Champagne. However, this is a biography about a highly unusual, dedicated, yet very private French woman by the name of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, born on the 16 December 1777, in other words, in the era of Napoleon Bonaparte, who was just eight years her senior, born on 15 August 1769. But here's the nub of this biography: she invented what is known in the trade as remuage, slanting the bottles neck downwards and giving them a sharp quarter turn each day to concentrate the sediment formed by the spent yeast, which over time and much care, results in Champagne as we know it to this day! And more to the point, Veuve Clicquot Champagne is one, if not the, premium Champagne in what is to...

United Kingdom on Nov 01, 2019

A Montreal Reader: The research behind this book and the love of wine are evident; I learned much about champagne wine-making and took a Reims focused trip into French history that I greatly appreciated. The writing is fluid and easy to ready; while the back-up takes up more than 60 pages at the end so you will finish quicker than you think. I am now very tempted to base my 2019 vacation time to do the vendange. The only drawback, hence the 4 stars and not 5, is that having little to no archives and journals available, there is some fictionalization of what the Veuve Clicquot actually felt and why she did what she did; the author is very clear on the limitations of available documents but this left me hungry for "the real story".

Canada on Aug 27, 2018

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ASIN ‏ ‎ B0164K4ZT6
Language ‏ ‎ English English English
Hardcover ‏ ‎ 0 pages 320 pages 304 pages
Customer Reviews 4.3/5 stars of 1,818 ratings 4.9/5 stars of 7,355 ratings 4.9/5 stars of 977 ratings
Publisher ‏ ‎ Harper Business Avery; Illustrated edition Ten Speed Press; NO-VALUE edition
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