Helen Fripp

Rimasta vedova troppo presto, Nicole Clicquot si trova sola in un mondo dominato dagli uomini. La morte di François spegne i sogni d’amore, ma non il fuoco che lui ha acceso in lei: la passione per la terra e per il vino.

Con l’azienda in bilico e l’Europa sconvolta dalla guerra, Nicole Clicquot trasforma la sua determinazione in genio. Nelle cantine di Reims perfeziona la tecnica del remuage, l’invenzione che renderà limpido e brillante lo champagne e cambierà per sempre l’arte del vino.

Paris, 1860s. For Mimi Bisset, survival is everything on the streets of Paris. She tries to forget the pain of losing her daughter Colette, who was born out of wedlock and forcibly given away to a rich family....

For grieving Nicole Clicquot, saving the vineyards her husband left behind is her one chance to keep a roof over her head and provide a future for her little girl. She ignores the gossips who insist the fields are no place for a woman....

South of France, 1942. Twenty-one-year-old Lilou is selling lavender honey in the village square when the Nazis arrive in her beloved Provence. And when her best friend is dragged away simply for being Jewish, Lilou is horrified....