Wine with Leslie: Three Champagnes inspired by women that you need to try

Toast the women of Champagne with these drinks

In the mid-20th century women like Lily Bollinger and Odette Pol-Roger were hugely important.

Women winemakers are commonplace these days, but no region owes as much of its success to women as Champagne.

Courtesans were the first Champagne influencers and powerful women like Madame de Pompadour (chief mistress of Louis XV) popularised Champagne at court. In the 19th century, widows drove innovation, including Louise Pommery who created the first dry style and Barbe Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, who created the first vintage Champagne, invented riddling (to remove sediment), and created the first blended rosé.