Books
- On Champagne, A Tapestry of Tales to Celebrate the Greatest Sparkling Wine of All, compiled by Susan Keevil. A chapter devoted to the Widows.
- Cellar Masters of Champagne, a beautiful bilingual book published by Editions d’Autils. They have profiled 20 cellar masters from the most renowned Houses. And guess what? 4 of them are women: Caroline Latrive from Champagne Ayala, Julie Cavil from Krug, Séverine Frerson from Champagne Perrier-Jouët and Nathalie Laplaige from Champagne Joseph Perrier. Here is an extract.
- Champagne, How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times, by Don Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup. I bought the e-book on Google Books. I found it book very entertaining!
- The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It, by Tilar J Mazzeo
- La Champagne, Le Champagne & Les Champenois, by Yoko Bubble. A handmade book to celebrate handcrafted champagne.
- Bursting Bubbles, A Secret History of Champagne & the Rise of the Great Growers, by Robert Walters. Here is a great book review that will give you an idea of what you will read!
- Livre d’Or du Champagne, by François Bonal. It is FREE and translated into English. I recognised parts of Bonal’s encyclopedia when I read the history sections in Liem’s book.
- Champagne: The Essential Guide to the Wines, Producers, and Terroirs of the Iconic Region” by Peter Liem. This is the “bible” you need to read first. Instead of buying the hardback, I bought the e-book on Google Books.
Online
- Official champagne training offered by the Comité Champagne (free version and a premium version).
- The Wine Scholar Guild has an online Champagne Masters program offered twice a year.
- The Champagne Guide - Online version, by Tyson Stelzer. Great ressource for learning and for when you want to look up any champagne that you may have just popped open.
- Champagne: Star of the Seventh Art: Notes from exhibition on the topic.
- Les femmes et la dégustation de vin (1920-2020) (Cité du Vin, March 2021). In French. The speaker interviewed me for this talk.
- Women in Wine: Navigating Risks and Opportunities (US Embassy in France, March 2021). Fabulous lineup of speakers. I was a speaker for the panel about Navigating Risk in a Changing Global Economy.
- WomenxWine, and Women in Wine Talks (Vinexposium, March 2021). Free, but you need to create a Vinexposium account to watch.
- Champagne Taittinger: a podcast called The Instant When. It will make you love the house even more!
- Wine Challenge: If you want to practice your French, you should listen to this fabulous podcast. It isn't actually about wine in general. Alexandra only interviews people who make champagne. She interviewed most of the women from La Transmission.
- Vine and Bubble: podcast from the Australian magazine devoted to le champagne and la Champagne.
- The Veuve Clicquot Tales: 15 short episodes prepared by LVMH that recount the key moments in her life.
Last updated: 22 February 2024
