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Madame Clicquot (French: [madam kliko]), (née Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin French: [baʁb nikɔl pɔ̃saʁdɛ̃]; 16 December 1777 – 29 July 1866), 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 business when widowed at 27.
Veuve Clicquot was exporting champagne from France to all Europe, the United States, Asia and elsewhere. [11] Veuve Clicquot had become both a substantial Champagne house and a respected brand. Easily recognised by its distinctive bright yellow labels, the wine held a royal warrant from Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Clicquot may refer to: Firms. Veuve Clicquot, French champagne house; Clicquot Club, nightclub in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Clicquot Club Company, American soda company; People. Madame Clicquot (1777–1866), eponymous owner of Veuve Clicquot champagne house Widow Clicquot, 2024 film about Madame Clicquot; Robert Clicquot (1645–1719), French ...
Veuve Clicquot – a brand of Champagne, named after Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin the widow ('veuve' in French) of François Clicquot. Cobb salad – Robert H. Cobb, owner of the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant, who is said to have invented the salad as a late-night snack for himself around 1936–1937. [1] [9]
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Louis Bohne first met Mme Clicquot's husband, François Clicquot, in Basel and began working for the Champagne house by peddling orders in England.Due to the saturation of many houses competing for the Champagne market there, Bohne was soon transferred to the relatively untapped market of Russia, Prussia and Austria. [1]
Widow Clicquot is a 2023 internationally co-produced drama film, directed by Thomas Napper, from a screenplay by Erin Dignam and Christopher Monger based on the book The Widow Clicquot by Tilar J. Mazzeo. It stars Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge, Sam Riley, Anson Boon, Leo Suter, Ben Miles, and Natasha O'Keeffe.
Anne with her great-grandmother, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, founder of Veuve Clicquot Marie Adrienne Anne Victurnienne Clémentine de Rochechouart was born on 10 February 1847 in Paris. [ 2 ] She was the daughter of Louis de Rochechouart, Count of Mortemart, and Marie Clémentine de Chevigné (died 24 October 1877).