Madame Clicquot Ponsardin
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Madame Clicquot, also known as Barbe Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, Widow Clicquot, Veuve Clicquot, and the Grande Dame of Champagne, was a French Champagne producer. She took on her husband's wine busine
c. 1860
Portrait of Nicolas Ponsardin, donated to the city of Reims by his daughter
Veuve Clicquot Champagne in a range of bottle sizes
Veuve Clicquot
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Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin is a Champagne house founded in 1772 and based in Reims. It is one of the largest Champagne houses. Madame Clicquot is credited with major breakthroughs, creating the first kn
Madame Clicquot Ponsardin
…widowed at 27. Under her ownership, and her skill with wine, the company developed early Champagne using a novel technique. The brand and company of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin still bears her name. Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, born 16 December 1777 in Reims, was the daughter of a wealthy father, Ponce Jean Nicolas Philippe Ponsardin…
Portrait of Madame Clicquot and her great-granddaughter Anne de Rochechouart-Mortemart by Léon Cogniet.
Steps leading up from the Veuve Clicquot cellars, representing grands millesimes (outstanding vintages) in ascending order by year
Riddling racks in the Veuve Clicquot chalk cellars