Photo: #The Widow Clicquot revolutionized the way champagne was made with technical advances called "riddling."
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The Widow Clicquot revolutionized the way champagne was made with technical advances called "riddling." (Julian Herbert /Allsport/Getty Images)

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The champagne empire built by a woman

Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/29/2008, 10:06 a.m.

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Veuve Clicquot's bright orange label signals its must-drink status among champagne connoisseurs. The label was created by a woman who galvanized champagne-making and broke international law to bring the bubbly to markets around the world from the 1800s until today.

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  • Tilar Mazzeo: is an English professor at Colby College and author of "The Widow Clicquot."

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