Jun 12 2023 32 mins 4
Champagne is a well-known geographical indication, not to mention a favorite wine for many celebrations. Tilar Mazzeo shares with us the story of Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, The Widow Clicquot, who became one of the world’s first important businesswomen and one of the richest women of her time. Her innovative approach to making champagne is still in use today.
About Tilar:
Holding a number of tenured, sessional, and research-exclusive academic positions over a twenty-year career - in fields ranging from English literature and narrative nonfiction to management and business in the wine industry – Tilar Mazzeo retired early from teaching and the academic track in order to pursue writing full-time. She received Gourmand's award for the bestselling "oenobiography," for The Widow
Clicquot.
The book: The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It
