Monday, December 9, 2013

Champagne widows stamped grand legacy on wine

This Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 combination of photos shows the portraits of Mrs. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, left, and Mrs. Louise Veuve Pommery displayed at the entrance of their companies' headquarters in Reims, eastern France. Without the widows of Champagne, mankind’s most seductive fizz might well not be what it is now. One of the world’s most famous Champagnes - Veuve (“Widow”) Clicquot - explicitly evokes the rather grim tradition. But other legendary houses - Bollinger, Laurent-Perrier and Pommery - also got their starts from tragedy-tinged widows. Then there are the many lesser-known names that still carry the widow tag, such as Veuve Fourny and Veuve Doussot. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere) REIMS, France (AP) — For Champagne to become the tipple it is today — popped at weddings, quaffed in casinos, sprayed by racing drivers and smashed against ships — a few men had to die.








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