As midnight approaches on December 31, more than a few of us will crack open a bottle or two of champagne to help toast the New Year. With a few choice facts about the bubbly stuff, you can look ...

While women were barred from owning businesses in 19th Century France, three widows, who were exempt from the rule, created some of Champagne's most lauded empires. As we get ready to pop the cork for ...

A brief history of the pocket-sized bubbly—plus, the best miniature sparkling wine bottles to buy today. A brief history of the pocket-sized bubbly—plus, the best miniature sparkling wine bottles to ...

From exploding bottles and blight, a lot has gone into making champagne the drink of choice for New Year's Eve. As the New Year begins, the familiar sounds of cheers and the singing of Auld Lang Syne ...

Raising a glass of Champagne while surrounded by friends and relatives is an age-old tradition around the holidays. The celebratory tradition dates back to when the Romans planted grapes in the ...

Champagne today is what it is because of women. Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin’s husband died in 1805 when she was 27 years old. That made her Veuve (widow) Clicquot. Weeks after her husband’s death, ...

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