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François-Henri (also Henry) Clicquot (1732 – 24 May 1790) was a French organ builder and was the grandson of Robert Clicquot and son of Louis-Alexandre Cliquot, who were also noted organ builders. [1] Clicquot was born in Paris, where he later died. The Clicquot firm installed the first noteworthy organ in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Philippe Clicquot was a textile merchant, a banker, and an owner of vineyards in the Champagne country. [14][15] In 1772, he established a wine business. [16][17][15] He quickly decided to bring his champagne wines to foreign palates [16] and soon expanded his clientele. [16] His annual shipments varied between 4,000 bottles a year to 6-7,000 ...
Madame Clicquot (French: [madam kliko]), née Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin (French: [baʁb nikɔl pɔ̃saʁdɛ̃]), Widow Clicquot or Veuve Clicquot (16 December 1777 – 29 July 1866), known as the " Grande Dame of Champagne ", [1] was a French Champagne producer. She took on her husband's wine business when widowed at 27.
Given by Henry II and Queen Eleanor. The organ of the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers, built by François-Henri Clicquot and Claude-François Clicquot. Poitiers Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers) is a Roman Catholic church in Poitiers, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Poitiers.
Claude-François Clicquot was born in Paris in 1762, son of the organ-builder François-Henri Clicquot (d. 1790) and Antoinette Poinsellier (d. 1796). [citation needed] He worked with his father on new organ construction. After his father's death, he mostly worked on restoring organs that had been damaged during the French Revolution.
Louis Bohne. Louis Bohne (died 1821), born in Mannheim, Germany, was the sales agent for Veuve Clicquot whose exploits during the French invasion of Russia and subsequent fall of Napoleon substantially increased the popularity of Champagne in Russia during the 19th century.
PA00088510 [ 1 ] The Church of Saint-Sulpice (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃sylpis]) is a Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of Place Saint-Sulpice, in the Latin Quarter of the 6th arrondissement. Only slightly smaller than Notre-Dame and Saint-Eustache, it is the third largest church in the city.
History of Champagne. A bottle of Champagne being used to christen the USS Shangri-La (CV-38) in 1944. Champagne has had a long history of being used in celebration of events such as the launching of ships. The history of Champagne began when the Romans planted vineyards in this region of northeast France in the 5th century, or possibly earlier.