The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It (P.S.)

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

one of the definitions of the word widow is still champagne. Yet the short entry also tells a larger story than it intends. The entry reads, “the widow: champagne. From ‘Veuve Clicquot,’ the name of a firm of wine merchants.”