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aging on the lees, 56, 59, 96

alcohol, 29, 51, 55, 56, 114–15

Alexander I, emperor of Russia, 62, 94, 108, 115

Andigné, Madame, 134

Andrieux, Marie, 130

appellation d’origine contrôlée
(AOC), 45

Arcachon, 163

Art of Making, Controlling, and Perfecting Wines, The
(Chaptal), 49, 50–51

Arveuf-Fransquin, Jean-Jacques, 162

Austria, 36, 40, 60, 61, 79, 95

autolysis, 56, 76

Avaray, marquis d’, 161

banking, 142, 144–48, 150–51, 152, 156

Barrachin, Balsamie, 39

Barrachin, Jean-Nicolas, 38

Bessborough, Lady, 38

Bidet, Nicolas, 51–52

Binet, Widow, 157

Blake, William, 145

Blanc, Widow, 42, 43, 68, 120

Blücher, count of, 183

Bohne, Louis, 46–47, 52, 87–88, 90, 92, 95, 98, 103, 158

banking and, 144–45

British market and, 44, 45, 94, 173

as candidate to head company, 139–40

François Clicquot’s death and, 67–68, 69

death of, 140, 143

hiring of, 44

marriage of, 87

on Napoléon, 86, 97

Russian market and, 60, 61, 77–79, 81–83, 108, 109–16, 118, 124

Boisseau, Louise-Émilie, 147

Boissonet, Monsieur, 108, 114

Bollinger, Lily, xxi, 176

Bonaparte, Charles Louis-Napoléon.

See
Napoléon III

Bonaparte, Jérôme, 98

Bonaparte, Napoléon.
See
Napoléon I

Bonnefond, Cécile, xvi

bottling, 24, 27, 32, 34, 48–51, 55–58, 62, 71, 96, 149

bouquet (wine), 58–59

Bourbon dynasty, 108, 152–53, 183

Bouzy, xv, 28, 45, 52, 89, 137, 139, 170

branding, 80–82, 124, 148

brandy, 26, 30, 32

brut champagne, xxi, 25, 177, 275

Buchan, William, 65–66

Burdett-Coutts, Angela, 189–90

Byron, Lord, xvi, 107, 118

California wine industry, 121–22

capitalism, 119, 120

carbon dioxide, 29, 30, 55, 76

Castel, Richard, 137, 154

Catholic Church, xix, 14

Cattier family, 22, 57

Chaffault, count of, 134

champagne

blending of, 31, 56

bottling of, 27, 32, 34, 48, 50, 55–58, 149

bouquet of, 59

bubbles and, xvii, 27, 28–34, 50, 55, 56, 59, 76, 92–93

color of, 26–27

curative powers of, 64–65

dryness of, 25, 175, 177

1811 vintage, 96, 101, 103, 106, 109, 114–16, 148, 170

1858 vintage, 170–71

exclusivity of, 80–81

glasses for, xvi, 92–93, 123–24

grapes used for, 27, 28, 47, 93, 122

image projected by, 12

impostor wines and, 148

internationalization of market for, 124, 129

labeling of, 27, 45, 88, 148–49, 158, 171

Napoléon’s taste for, 51

origins of, xvi–xviii, 15, 16, 27–28, 31–34, 114–15

price of, 45, 73, 112, 115, 148

ranking of, 25

serving temperature for, 57

styles of, 27

sugar content of, 25–26, 29–30, 33, 50–51, 55, 114–15, 125, 149

taste of, 25–26, 173, 175

widow defined as, 172

See also
champagne industry

Champagne Bollinger, 176

Champagne Henriot, 176

champagne industry

banks and, 144–45

British market and, 44–46, 94, 107, 108, 173–74, 175, 177

Clicquot family and, 24, 25, 51, 55, 59, 60, 73–97, 100, 103, 106, 107–25, 138–43, 151–52, 155–57, 162, 170, 185, 191

growth of, xviii, 118–20, 129, 140–41

legal monopoly for, 45, 191

Louis-Philippe’s support for, 155

managerial revolution and, 143, 157

manufacturing model of business and, 157

marketing by, 31, 88, 158, 171, 175, 177

mass production and, 125–28, 149, 170, 174, 177

Napoléon’s support for, xvii, 51, 86, 97, 106, 107–8, 115, 155

regulation of, 27, 30, 32, 96, 191

remuage
process and, xix, 124, 126–29, 143, 149

Russian market and, 25, 60–62, 67, 77–79, 81–82, 94, 108–16, 118, 124, 127, 148, 173

shipping problems of, 116–17

storage and spoilage concerns of, 75–76, 125–27

technological advances in, 149–50

women leaders of, xvi, xix, xx–xxi, 21, 41, 121–24, 173–77, 190

Champagne region, xvii, 10, 21, 30, 34, 80–81, 170

French Revolution and, 1, 5, 8

heat wave (1802) in, 47, 48, 57

industrialization and, 157–58

little ice age and, 28–29, 30

Louis-Philippe and, 155

Napoléon and, 100–104, 107–8

soil’s properties in, 56–57

textile industry and, 6, 16, 68

wine market crash and, 35, 122

Champagne Roederer, 120, 147

Champagne Taittinger, 85, 122

Champagne Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin.
See
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin and Company

Chandon de Briailles, Pierre-Gabriel, 120, 159

Chaptal, Jean-Antoine, 49, 50–51, 97

Charles X, king of France, 145, 152

Chateaubriand, François-René de, 152–53

Château de Boursault, xv, 138, 139, 144, 151, 159, 162–63, 167, 170, 178, 179–80, 183, 184, 188

Château de la Marquetterie, 122–23

Château d’Yquem, 26

Château Margaux, 121

Château Mouton Rothschild, 121

Chevigné, Clémentine Clicquot (“Mentine”), 150, 151, 153, 156, 158, 167, 168, 174

birth of, 37

champagne business and, 139, 155

childhood and adolescence of, 60, 90–91, 101

courtship and married life of, 130–32, 134–38

death of, 179

homes of, 138, 139, 144

husband’s poetry and, 137, 164, 165

Chevigné, Louis Marie-Joseph, 146, 150, 151, 159–61, 168

champagne business and, 137, 139, 141–42, 155

childhood and youth of, 132–34

courtship and marriage of, 132, 134–39

death of, 184

Franco-Prussian War and, 183–84

gambling and, 137, 156, 164

granddaughter Anne and, 167, 184

homes of, 135, 138, 139, 144, 156

later life of, 182–84

money and, 135, 137–39, 155–56