Founded in 1772, Veuve Clicquot is a House steeped in rich history that owes its success largely to one woman. When Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin was widowed in 1805 at the age of just twenty-seven, she boldly took over sole management of the business and changed the future of Champagne forever. Displaying serious business acumen early in her tenure, decisions such as defying the blockade during the Napoleonic Wars and secretly shipping champagne to Russia gave Veuve Clicquot a significant lead over other Houses post-war. Madame Clicquot also invented the riddling rack at her kitchen table – an apparatus that removes the sediment from the bottle after second fermentation still used in the region today.
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Smoked Salmon
