"Imaginary Journey around Barbe Nicole Ponsardin, Widow Cliquot (1777-1866)" | Elvire De Brissac

"I am 230 years old, the first famous female name in the history of luxury - 12 years at the Revolution and 90 years at the end of the Second Empire. I was born in Reims, died in Reims, in the meantime, I sold thousands, today millions of bottles. The business fell on my head at 27, when I lost my husband - surrounded by exceptional men like Edouard Werlé, my successor, I am the most celebrated widow in the world. Who am I? Elvire de Brissac, my descendant, sketches an answer in this Imaginary Journey." E.B