Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamour, style, and luxury. But who was this young widow—the Veuve Clicquot—whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune

The Widow Clicquot brings to life the woman behind the label: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, a daring and determined entrepreneur who, during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, became one of the richest women of her time, single-handedly founding a champagne house that remains a distinguished name. As much a fascinating journey through the process of making this temperamental wine as a biography of a uniquely tempered woman, The Widow Cicquot is a read to savour.