Veuve Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot
Personal Information
Born: 1777
Died: 1866
Country of Birth: France
Nationality: France
Ethnicity: White
Education
Royal Convent of Saint-Pierre-les-Dames
Professional Life
Field of Study: Vintner
Institution/Corporation: Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
Degrees & Memberships: 1st woman admitted to French Agricultural Society, 1818
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1815, Legion of Honor
Achievements: ran a champagne making company after her husband s death in 1805; invented riddling & the riddling table; 1st woman to run a champagne house built on direct sales; 1st female to receive the Legion of Honor; 1810, bottled the 1st recorded vintage champagne; 1818, made the 1st rose champagne; 1814, 1st export of champagne to Russia; 1818, 1st person to sell champagne in US
Known as the "Grand Dame of Champagne"
1818, credited with producing the 1st known blended rose champagne, adding still red wine
Widowed at 27, she took over her husband's wine business
Invented the technique of riddling and the riddling table to get rid of yeast in wine/champagne
1st female to run a champagne house built on direct sales
1st female recipient of the Legion of Honor
1810, bottled the 1st recorded vintage champagne
1814, exported the 1st champagne to Russia
1818, 1st person to sell champagne in the US