Tilar J. Mazzeo: Events, Interviews, and Interesting Things

Back in the Bay: March 2010 events for Back Lane Napa

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Friday, March 19, 4 pm
Orinda Books, Orinda
276 Village Square, Orinda
925-254-7606

Wines from Andrew Lane, Adastra, and Ceja!

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Saturday, March 20, 10:30 am ON AIR
Dining Around With Gene Burns, live at 10:30
WKGO San Francisco
http://diningaround.com/

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Sunday March 21, 2 pm
Book Passage, Corte Madera
51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera

Adastra, Clark-Claudon, Elizabeth Spencer, Ceja, and Salvestrin will pour!
Slides from wine country photographer Paul Hawley

Widow Clicquot on the National Indie Bestseller List, October 2009

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The American Booksellers Association, ranking sales in the nation's independent bookstores, lists the new paperback edition of THE WIDOW CLICQUOT once again among its bestsellers. The full list at:

http://bookweb.org/indiebound/bestsellers/national/2009/1015/ex_pn.html

Signed Holiday Copies of Books

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Signed copies of The Widow Clicquot and The Back-Lane Wineries of Sonoma are available for order from two local bookstores in coastal Maine. If you would like a personalized copy signed and mailed to you, you may order from one of the two bookstores below at your convenience. Please be sure to indicate how you would like books inscribed and to what address you would like them sent.

The University of Maine bookstore, http://usm.maine.edu/books/, order for holiday delivery during the month of November and 10% of the proceeds go to support the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, www.mainewriters.org. Questions or need help, contact Barbara Kelly, at the bookstore, email: bkelly[at]usm.maine.edu.

Rabelais Books, an independent bookstore specializing in food and wine titles and part of what makes Portland, Maine, one of the hottest foodie scenes in America. Support your local independents! Contact details for Don and Sam are on line at http://rabelaisbooks.com/rabelais%20home.html; or learn more in a recent New York Times article at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/dining/16chefs.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=portland,%20maine%20&st=cse

French Fashion Magazine Coverage: Femmes (June 2009)

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La Veuve Clicquot in Paris

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Coverage of the Paris celebration of The Widow Clicquot:
http://www.parispopcorn.com/2009/04/widow-clicquot.html

The Widow Clicquot, Now in Paperback

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The paperback release of The Widow Clicquot: coming October 6, 2009.

Toasting the Widow Clicquot: National Arts Club, NYC, Sept 25, 6 PM

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Le Cocktail Francais opens the season with Tilar J. Mazzeo's new biography The Widow Clicquot.

Mix and Mingle 6 PM, Program 6h30 PM

The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York.

Details at www.nationalartsclub.org

Widow Clicquot Event at the Grolier Club, with the American Friends of Blerancourt, April 26

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April 24, 2009 Lecture, The Widow Clicqout In honor of the museum's founder, Anne Morgan, we will explore through the author’s eyes, the life of another impressive and independent woman, Widow Cliquot. This French lady was responsible for building the world success of the champagne Veuve Cliquot. Author talk/book signing champagne reception.

Widow Cliquot by Tilar Mazzeo
The Grolier Club, NY City at 6pm

http://www.americanfriendsofblerancourt.org/news_and_events/index.html

"Hidden, Affordable Napa Valley" in April's Food and Wine

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Writer Tilar Mazzeo takes a salsa lesson at Ceja Vineyards, visits a tasting room on the tailgate of a jeep and otherwise explores Napa’s intimate, unstuffy side.

http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/hidden-affordable-napa-valley

Sonoma / Napa Events March 2009

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Back-Lane Wineries of Sonoma and The Widow Clicquot Events in the Wine Country this month:

Tuesday March 10, 5.30 p.m. Mechanic's Institute Library, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, talk and signing, with Wattle Creek Winery pouring. Back-Lane Wineries

Friday, March 13, 6.00 p.m. Domaine Carneros, 1240 Duhig Road, Napa, The Widow Clicquot event, sparkling wine reception, signing, and conversation. Widow Clicquot

Barrel Tasting Weekend, Saturday March 14, noon-2 p.m. at Amista Vineyards, book signing and barrel tasting, 3320 Dry Creek Road. Back-Lane Wineries

Sunday, March 15, 3.00 p.m. Clayton Books, 433 Clayton Road, Clayton; wines poured by Wine Thieves, talking, signing, and tasting. Back-Lane Wineries

Wednesday, March 18, 7.00 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera, talk, singing, and tasting, with photographer Paul Hawley, who will also be pouring Hawley wines. Back-Lane Wineries

Thursday, March 19, 7.00 p.m., Reader's Books / Sonoma Community Center, Andrews Hall, 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma, $15 includes wine tasting, talk, and conversation. Back-Lane Wineries

The Widow Clicquot Hits the New York Times Extended Bestseller List

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February 1, 2009, The Widow Clicquot comes in at #30 on The New York Times bestseller list. Also read on-line Jane and Michael Stern's review of The Widow Clicquot, "A Kick from Champagne," at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/books/review/Stern-t.html

Readers' Books Sonoma, Event, January 11, 3 PM

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Time: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:00 p.m.

Location: Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma, CA 95476

Title of Event: Tilar Mazzeo, The Widow Clicquot

Let's raise a glass to unconventional and audacious women. Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin was a young widow during the chaotic years of the Napoleonic Wars when she assumed the reins of the fledgling wine business she had built with her husband. She became one of the world's first great businesswomen and one of the richest women of her time. In The Widow Cliquot, the author brings this fascinating and little-known woman to life. It is both a fascinating journey through the process of making this temperamental wine and a biography of a unique and daring woman. $10 at the door includes a glass of champagne.

The Widow Clicquot: Book Club Choice

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Book clubs reading The Widow Clicquot are invited to contact the author by email for possible telephone or in person meet-the-author events. See www.tilar-mazzeo.com for contact information.

New York Times: The "Sweeping Oenobiography of Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin"

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The Widow Clicquot reviewed in The New York Times Book Review, Sunday, December 28, 2008. See the full review on line at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/books/review/Stern-t.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

The Widow Clicquot: "Informed and Enlightening"

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Newsday's Peter M. Gianotti has reviewed The Widow Clicquot and calls it an "informed and enlightening biography of Madame Clicquot, the widow and, more important, the businesswoman, [that] retrieves her vintage story as if looking for a rare bottle in one of the Champagne region's deepest caves." Read the full review at http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/sunday/fanfare/ny-f5961314dec14,0,2269647.story

There is also a new radio interview on The Widow Clicquot, recently aired on Al Vuona's The Public Eye (WICN Public Radio). Listen to the interview at http://www.wicn.org/audio/the-public-eye-tilar-mazzeo-the-widow-clicquot

Widow Clicquot Wins Best Wine Book of the Year Award from Gourmand

2008-12-17T08:23:00.000-05:00

The Widow Clicquot has won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Wine Literature. After successfully competing against books in its own language, The Widow Clicquot will now go on to compete against the best wine books from around the world. The winner of the worldwide competition will be announced in May.

Established in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau, the intent of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards is to bring together the best cookbooks from around the world and honor those who “cook with words”. For more information please visit: http://www.cookbookfair.com

Gourmand World Cookbook Awards – Best Wine Literature – U.S. Winner

The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
9780061288562
(Collins; Ed.: Matthew Inman)

Signed Copies of The Widow Clicquot for Holiday Gifts

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Readers looking for a signed copy of The Widow Clicquot can come meet the author at one of the signing events below. Or, if you can't get up to coastal Maine this holiday season, copies can be signed by post (include a copy of the book, return postage, and a note indicating what you'd like the inscription to read). Email Tilar J. Mazzeo at the email address on her website (www.tilar-mazzeo.com) to confirm a correct mailing address before sending your copy out!

Signed books are also available from Rabelais Bookstore in Portland, Maine (86 Middle Street, tel. 207-774-1044; email sam@rabelaisbooks.com).

Holiday Book Signing Events for The Widow Clicquot

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A copy of The Widow Clicquot and a bottle of bubbly might just be the perfect holiday present, and there are several new book signing opportunities in December in southern and midcoast Maine. December 5th, Tilar J. Mazzeo will be signing books at The Language Exchange's Holiday Art Fair and Beaujolais Nouveau Celebration in downtown Portland, Maine (80 Exchange Street, from 5 - 8 p.m.). December 11th, there will be a book signing and champagne tasting at The Market Basket in Rockport (223 Commercial Street, 4 - 7.30 p.m.). And December 17th, another opportunity to get a copy of the book, meet the author, and quaff some bubbly at Old Port Wine Merchants (432 Fore Street, 4 - 7.30 p.m.)

Meet the Author at The Boston Athenaeum December 16

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Author and Boston Athenaeum member Tilar J. Mazzeo will talk about THE WIDOW CLICQUOT: THE STORY OF A CHAMPAGNE EMPIRE AND THE WOMAN WHO RULED IT (HarperCollins 2008) on Tuesday, December 16, 2008, from 6-7 p.m., reception to follow. Boston Athenaeum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, www.bostonathenaeum.org. $10, reservations accepted beginning November 26, 617-720-7600.

New Stories on The Widow Clicquot

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Readers Make The Widow Clicquot a Best Seller in America's Independent Book Stores. The American Booksellers Association tracks bestsellers in independent book stores nationally, and the November 24th Indie Bound Extended Best Seller List (hardcover nonfiction) ranks The Widow Clicquot #37. There are also several new national reviews and, for those interested in the story behind the story, two new interviews with author Tilar J. Mazzeo in the press.

Indie Next Extended Best Sellers: http://www.bookweb.org/indiebound/bestsellers/national

Inside Colby, an interview with Tilar J. Mazzeo; podcast and interview by Emily Fleming; Tilar J. Mazzeo talks about the story behind the story: http://www.insidecolby.com/podcast/viewepisode.php?episode=42

Colby Magazine, "An Effervescent Biography"; by Ruth Jacobs: interview with English professor Tilar J. Mazzeo on The Widow Clicquot: http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/issues/current/articles.php?issueid=46&articleid=877&contentpageno=1

"Veuve Clicquot 1893," essay by Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of The Widow Clicquot at Wonders and Marvels: A Community for Curious Minds Who Love History, Its Odd Stories, and Good Reads:
http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2008/11/veuve-clicquot-1893-this-ones-really.html

The Wall Street Journal, "She Found a Way to Celebrate," review of The Widow Clicquot by Julia Flynn Siler:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122584412220799287.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

The Los Angeles Times, review of The Widow Clicquot by Carolyn Kellogg:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-tilar-mazzeo26-2008oct26,0,6726256.story

AP Wire review, "Book Details the Rise of a Champagne Empire and the French Widow Who Ran It," by Rebecca Santana, appearing in the Seattle Post Intelligencer, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, etc.:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sns-ap-book-review-the-widow-clicquot,0,6558744.story?track=rss-topicgallery

Clicquot Book Launch Party, November 5, Evangeline's in Portland

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The foodies at Rabelais Books, www.rabelaisbooks.com, will be hosting an event with Evangeline restaurant to celebrate the launch of Tilar Mazzeo's new book The Widow Clicquot, The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It. On Wednesday November 5th there will be a reception and book signing at the restaurant from 5:30 to 6:30 with a cash bar serving Veuve Clicquot champagne. Following the reception will be a four course meal paired with four different Veuve Clicquot cuvees, created by the talented Erik Desjarlais for a select group of 35 advance reservations. Tilar will share her vast knowledge of all things Clicquot with us.

On November 5th we will either have lots to celebrate or much to lament. This dinner will be a marvelous opportunity either way.
If you would like to make a reservation for this remarkable meal call Evangeline at 207-791-2800 and ask for Leigh. Evangeline is located at 190 Congress Street in Portland.

The Widow Clicquot a Pick at Authors Round the South

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Melba Major, of Square Books, in Oxford, MS reviews The Widow Clicquot for Authors Round the South and independent bookstores everywhere. She writes:"The story of how -- in 1800s France -- this brave and cunning woman emerged from small-time broker to dominate the international luxury market is intoxicating. Mazzeo's prose is appropriately effervescent as she explores the secrets and science of wine making and the numerous factors that contributed to champagne becoming the world's most powerful symbol of celebration and the good life. A toast to Mazzeo for capturing the essence of a radical life--cheers!"

See www.authorsroundthesouth.com

The Widow Clicquot Named Hot Future Release at Amazon.co.uk

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The Widow Clicquot named a Hot Future Release on the British version of Amazon. Details on-line at http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/new-releases/books/659896

Widow Clicquot Among Best of the Month at Amazon

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The Widow Clicquot named one of the best books of the month by Amazon, with a review that reads: "From the artillery of popping corks on New Year's Eve to the clinking of newlywed glasses, Champagne has long been the beverage of choice for those in a celebratory mood. Yet had it not been for the pioneering Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, the libation deemed "the wine of civilization" by Winston Churchill might today be available only to the excessively wealthy or extremely lucky. Tilar J. Mazzeo toasts the élan of Champagne's Grand Dame with The Widow Clicquot, a fascinating story of the cunning bravery and good fortune that helped build the Veuve Clicquot brand. Widowed at age 27 by the death of her husband, François Clicquot, Barbe-Nicole assumed control of her family's wine business amid the chaos of the Napoleonic Wars. That she became a prominent female leader in a male-dominated industry was one thing; building an empire during savage political unrest was quite another. With passionate research and true admiration for her subject, Mazzeo pays homage to the beloved widow from Reims and the remarkable weight her name still carries today." [Amazon review]

All best of the month books are available during October at 40% off the cover price.

Available on-line http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000061771

Wine Seminar, Oct. 24, Portland, Maine

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Join a wine seminar led by Tilar Mazzeo and Tom Hansen at this year's Harvest on the Harbor, a three-day food and wine festival on the coast of Maine. Discover how to select the right wines, how to read labels, and identify flavors, grapes and regions. Improve your wine tasting skills, become more knowledgeable on food and wine pairing, and be able to select the right wine for your occasion and budget. For more information or tickets, visit www.harvestontheharbor.com/schedule/

Wine Sense: Understanding, Selecting & Enjoying Wine
Date Friday, October 24
Time 12:30 pm - 2:30 p.m.
Location Portland Harbor Hotel, Envoy Room
Cost $35

Book Talk, Boston Athenaeum, Dec. 16, 2008

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