Champagne, the King of Wines and the Women behind the Throne, Zoom or video

Professor Andrew Lear is a world-renowned expert on sexuality in art and the author of the best-known book on sexuality in Greek vase-painting.  He is the founder of Oscar Wilde Tours, the gay history tour company, and Shady Ladies Tours, the woman's history tour company.

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Come learn about the King of wine and the women (like the widow—veuve in French—Clicquot) who made it famous!

Can't make the live event? No problem! You can watch the video recording at your convenience for 2 weeks.As Winston Churchill said, "I coudn't live without champagne. In victory, I deserve it, in defeat, I need it."If like Churchill you love champagne, don't miss our talk live from France about the King of Wine. Discover the history of this drink that is synonymous with the French art of life—and of which 321 million bottles are sold every year.Learn how champagne became the drink of parties, of success, and of joy. Discover its history from the 17th century French monk who invented it to the Belle Epoque and the Art Nouveau style, with which champagne was closely connected.And relive the fabulous lives of the 19th and 20the century "champagne widows, who were the first women to be in charge of champagne houses: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin, called the Veuve (widow) Clicquot, who in 1805 was the first woman to take command of a champagne company, today's house of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin. Then Jeanne Alexandrine Louise Pommery who took over the maison Pommery en 1858 et finally Mathilde Émilie Perrier who became the owner of the house of Laurent-Perrier at the start of the 20th century. Despite living in a society that gave them few rights, these champagne widows are responsible for technical and commerical innovations still in use. It is they who made champagne what it is today: the drink of elegant parties, of life's successes, and of joy!

Parisian native Edith de Belleville was an attorney at law for many years, but her passion for Paris and its history led her back to university (at the age of 50) to get her official tour guide license. Deeply inspired by Parisian women of the past, Edith decided to write a book, in French, entitled The Beautiful Rebels of Paris (Belles et Rebelles, Editions du 81 ). Edith also teaches Jewish heritage in Paris at University Gustave Eiffel (Marne- la- Vallée), and has just finished writing a book in English which will be published soon, Tea with Coco Chanel, adventures of a modern- day Parisienne. Prof. Andrew Lear is a renowned expert on same-sex relations in Greek and Roman antiquity. During his academic career, he taught at Harvard, Pomona College, and NYU. In recent years, he has founded Oscar Wilde Tours, the LGBTQ history and culture tour company and Shady Ladies Tours, a women's history and culture tour company. He is also working with actor/author Stephen Fry on a TV series.

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