In this issue, instead of sharing a Grapest Hits&nbsp;list, I'm going to share one melody, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3BYvXCcTRKkTpT3ARjDG5v?si=8bded7a19dd34953" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Clicquot&nbsp;</a>from <a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6pmxr66tMAePxzOLfjGNcX?si=j-cwK-CgRHWrjw2u_-9d_g" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Beirut's</a> The Flying Club Cup album. This melody is inspired by the story of "La Grande Dame De La Champagne", Madame Clicquot, the grande dame of champagne. The story of a woman whose name will never be forgotten. Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, aka Veuve Clicquot (Widow Clicquot). The melody is&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3BYvXCcTRKkTpT3ARjDG5v?si=9e36af7eeab34557" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">here</a>. It's a sad melody, and the story is in the following lines. If you have it on, and the music of Beirut is playing in the background, which is both sad and strangely peaceful, let's start the story.<blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;">"But what melody will lead my lover from his bed?What melody will see him in my arms again?I'll sing of the walls of the well and the house at the top of the hillI'll sing of the bottles of wine that we left on our old windowsillI'll sing of the years you will spend getting sadder and olderOh love, and the cold, the oncoming cold"</blockquote>Why Veuve (Widow) Clicquot?Veuve Clicquot is one of the big champagne producers. You know the yellow label, or I'm sure you'll recognize it when you see it (below). Veuve means "widow" in French. So where does the name come from?<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657112836683.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.35" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Photo: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://veuveclicquot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">veuveclicquot.com</a>&nbsp;The story of Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin begins in Reims in 1777. She is the daughter of a father who textile giant. At the age of 20, she married&nbsp;François Clicquot, a textile giant but also a wine producer. And she finds herself in wine production. Her marriage is short-lived. Her husband François Clicquot died of typhoid fever, popularly known as "black fever." It is where the word Veuve, means widow, comes.<h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">A clear idea and a clear champagne</h3>Champagne was becoming very popular during this period. Bubbly, sweet, and enjoyable bottles were produced. But there was a haze in the bottles. The yeast sediment from the second fermentation creates cloudiness in the wine. Madame Clicquot asked the question that will change the fate of champagne:&nbsp;"How?" And with a clear idea, she produced a clear champagne. The idea is a set of holes to hold the bottles upright at an angle, inverted at the neck. At this angle, the yeast sediment in the bottle collapses down. They were -and still are- called these&nbsp;riddling racks. (I've shared a photo below). Then the bottle is opened under appropriate conditions, and this yeast sediment is removed from the bottle with pressure. Now we have a clear champagne! This "riddling rack" is still used today in the production of champagne. It's a significant part of the process (with all due respect to Madame Clicquot).<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657113104532.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.03" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"> &nbsp;Madame Clicquot was one of the first international businesswomen. At that time, it was not very common for a woman to take over the company's management. In fact, this initiative was highly criticized and many comments were made that she would not be successful. But "La Grande Dame De La Champagne" didn't hear much of this, which is why we are talking and telling her story today.The Veuve Clicquot producer has a "prestige cuvée" called "La Grande Dame". Prestige Cuvée is the producer's best champagne, produced from the best vineyards and grapes in the region. It makes sense that Veuve Clicquot calls these wines "La Grande Dame," paying an enormous reverence to Madame Clicquot in every bottle. Madame Clicquot has always believed in the power of the Pinot Noir grape. Let's not pass without quoting it:&nbsp;"Our black grapes give the finest white wines." is one of her words. He crowned his love for Pinot Noir with La Grande Dame products. Since 2008, all of the blends in this series have 90% or more Pinot Noir (the other grape is Chardonnay).In 2021, I had the opportunity to taste the La Grande Dame series. With the<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/bosphoruswinesociety/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">&nbsp;Bosphorus Wine Society</a>, we said goodbye to 2021 with sparkling wines and prepared a good selection. This selection included Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2004 and 2006. Photos below, tasting notes <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CYCJo2jAPds/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">here.</a><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657120391305.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.75" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657120401021.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.75" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">In 2012, they collaborated with Yayoi Kusama. She brought her fun, colorful and iconic designs to the bottle and box. Yayoi Kusama's polka dots are on La Grande Dame; like bubbles in champagne! I don't know if it's my love for Yayoi Kusama or not; I love the bottle and the box.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657120467100.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.79" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657120476651.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.44" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Photos: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://veuveclicquot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">https://veuveclicquot.com/</a>🎵 I'm ending this article with Beirut's tunes that make you cry and laugh and make you sway a little, listen to the melody again after this article, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3BYvXCcTRKkTpT3ARjDG5v?si=326d6cb015954488" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">here.</a>"But what melody will lead my lover from his bed?What melody will see him in my arms again?"

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