While there are many stories of famous female winemakers, such as Lily Bollinger, Louise Pommery and Mathilde-Emile Laurent-Perrier, none of them compares to the incredible tale of Barbe-Nicole Clicquot. Born in 1777, Barbe-Nicole took over the struggling House of Clicquot at the young age of 27 after her husband's death. By the year 1866, when she died at the age of 89, she had converted the struggling cellar into one of the most prominent champagne companies in the world.
The incredible 'against-all-odds' story of Barbe-Nicole is now the subject of a powerful new film, Widow Clicquot, which will debut on July 19, 2024. For producer, Christina Weiss Lurie, it was a story that simply had to be told. “After reading Tilar Mazzeo's NY Times Bestseller, Widow Clicquot, I instantly felt this was a story that needed to be told.