Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin is a Champagne house founded in 1772 and based in Reims.
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Madame Veuve Clicquot is credited with major breakthroughs, creating the first known vintage champagne in 1810, and inventing the riddling table process to clarify champagne in 1816.
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Philippe Veuve Clicquot was a textile merchant, a banker and an owner of vineyards in the Champagne country.
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Philippe Veuve Clicquot ran a successful textile business, so did Nicolas Ponsardin.
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Veuve Clicquot's went to her father-in-law with a proposal and convinced him to let her manage the business Philippe agreed to her proposal under one condition: Barbe-Nicole would go through an apprenticeship, after which she would be able to run the business herself, if she could prove that she was capable.
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Barbe-Nicole Veuve Clicquot flouted every convention to become the first woman to take over a champagne house and the first female champagne producer.
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Veuve Clicquot's entered into an apprenticeship with the winemaker Alexandre Fourneaux, and tried to save the wine business and make it grow.
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Veuve Clicquot's knew that European courts would celebrate the defeat of Napoleon as soon as his wars ended.
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Veuve Clicquot's went from being a minor player to a brand name that was known to all.
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Veuve Clicquot played an important role in establishing champagne as a preferred drink of high society.
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Madame Veuve Clicquot decided to establish herself in other markets, such as United Kingdom.
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Madame Veuve Clicquot is considered one of the world's first international businesswomen.
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Veuve Clicquot's was the first to take over management of a company and guide it, through hazardous times.
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Veuve Clicquot's brought her wine business back from the brink of destruction turning it into one of the most successful champagne houses.
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Veuve Clicquot was exporting champagne from France to all Europe, the United States, Asia and elsewhere.
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Veuve Clicquot had become both a substantial Champagne house and a respected brand.
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Veuve Clicquot's built her champagne empire on audacious decisions, Madame Clicquot was called by her peers "la grande dame de la Champagne".
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In July 2008, an unopened bottle of Veuve Clicquot was discovered inside a sideboard in Torosay Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland.
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Veuve Clicquot's thus became proprietor of 99 acres of high-quality vines around Bouzy, Vernezay and Verzy.
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When Madame Veuve Clicquot took the reins of the company, she spent as much time as possible in the vineyards.
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Veuve Clicquot bought Duchesse d'Uzes's vineyards to return the vines she had inherited from Madame Clicquot into the company's ownership.
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Veuve Clicquot's is credited with a great breakthrough in champagne handling that made mass production of the wine possible.
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Not only did the quality of her champagne improve, but Veuve Clicquot was able to produce it faster, exporting it around the world in large quantities.
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Veuve Clicquot is credited with producing the first known blended rose champagne in 1818.
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Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label is a blend of between 50 and 60 different crus, made of pinot noir, meunier and chardonnay .
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In 2017, Veuve Clicquot released its first ultra-dry champagne, the non-vintage "Extra Brut Extra Old" cuvee.
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When Philippe Veuve Clicquot began producing champagne, he simply sold "champagne wine".
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Veuve Clicquot's bottles were sealed with green wax, flecked with gold.
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Since 2008, Veuve Clicquot has hosted the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic at the Liberty State Park near New York and the Will Rogers State Historic Park in Los Angeles each year.
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