Season 6 - Ep. 122 Pop the Cork on “Her”story with guest Rebecca Rosenberg

Part of what drew us to this week’s author, Rebecca Rosenberg, was the cool cover of her historical fiction novel, Champagne Widows. But as we read the book, we realized it was a pretty fascinating story of a young widow, Madame Clicquot, who essentially revolutionized champagne production in France during the Napoleonic years.

Rebecaa has written two other historical fiction novels but Champagne Widows is the first in a series about the trailblazing women of wine in France in the 19th century. As a champagne historian, Rebecca decided these stories needed to be told. She gave us a lot of the background on champagne and Madame Clicquot when we spoke to her. And reading Rebecca’s book right around New Year’s gave Amy all the excuse she needed to splurge on a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Champagne and share it with me to toast in 2022.

Book mentioned in this episode:

1- Champagne Widows by Rebecca Rosenberg
2- The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage
3- The Last Duel by Eric Jager
4- Witcher series by Andrezj Sapkowski
5- Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
6- Nancy Drew series
7- One Thousand and One Nights
8- Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
9- Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
10- Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker
11- Gold Digger: The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor by Rebecca Rosenberg
12- The Secret Life of Mrs. London by Rebecca Rosenberg
13- Champagne Widows: Madame Pommery by Rebecca Rosenberg (coming in 2023)
14- Mordew by Alex Pheby
15- The Huntress by Kate Quinn
16- The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
17- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
18- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
19- Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Shows/movies mentioned--
1- After Party (Apple+)
2- The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3- The Last Duel (Hulu)
4- Witcher (Netflix)