Champagne Widows
Book Feature - Champagne Widows by Rebecca Rosenberg
HBL Note: I love a cold, crisp glass of champagne. Or even a champagne cocktail. My favorite champagne cocktail is the French 75, a friend of my husband’s adds just a few drops of absinthe and I’m obsessed with the depth of flavor it adds. And I’m not even a fan of absinthe. All this to say, I am so intrigued with the history behind one of the most iconic champagne brands, Veuve Clicquot. Veuve = widow. Clicquot is her last name. This is the story of a twenty year old with a gift who marries for love (of wineries not for the man.) Scroll down to read more.
Book Feature - Champagne Widows by Rebecca Rosenberg
Book Feature - Champagne Widows by Rebecca Rosenberg
From the publisher:
From triple-gold award-winning author, Rebecca Rosenberg: Champagne, France, 1800. Twenty-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherited Le Nez (an uncanny sense of smell) from her great-grandfather, a renowned champagne maker. She is determined to use Le Nez to make great champagne, but the Napoleon Code prohibits women from owning a business. When she learns her childhood sweetheart, François Clicquot, wants to start a winery, she marries him despite his mental illness.
Soon, her husband’s tragic death forces her to become Veuve (Widow) Clicquot and grapple with a domineering partner, the complexities of making champagne, and six Napoleon wars, which cripple her ability to sell champagne. When she falls in love with her sales manager, Louis Bohne, who asks her to marry, she must choose between losing her winery to her husband, as dictated by Napoleon Code, or losing Louis.
In the ultimate showdown, Veuve Clicquot defies Napoleon himself, risking prison and even death.
Book Feature - Champagne Widows by Rebecca Rosenberg
