Turn yourself into Legend

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Turn yourself into Selfie tasting experience next to Widow Cliquot Legendary Portrait

It is there for weddings and graduations, anniversaries and new jobs, shimmering and effervescent in glasses raised in the air. Champagne is the magical liquid by which we mark life’s victories and milestones. Synonymous with celebration and luxury, it is harder to find a more highly regarded drink, or one with as storied a history.

Yet among all the old and renowned champagne houses of France, one stands above the rest. So much so, that when we think of champagne in general, the regal gold label of this particular brand comes to mind. We speak, of course, of the inimitable Veuve Clicquot.

And while the story of Veuve Clicquot is doubtlessly one of wine, it is also the story of a woman. Veuve is the French word for widow, making the entire brand named after a woman: the company matriarch and “grand dame of champagne” Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, the widow Clicquot herself. Yet despite her notoriety, Barbe-Nicole’s story, her life as an individual woman as well as company figurehead, has gone largely unexamined.

Until now, that is. Inspired by the 2009 book of the same name, Widow Clicquot is now a major motion picture directed by Thomas Napper (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, The Darkest Hour) and starring Haley Bennet (Swallow, The Magnificent Seven, The Girl on the Train.) To prepare you for the period drama that is sure to take the summer by storm, this is the true story of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin and how she took a fledgling champagne house to one of the most widely known brands in the world