She has hosted events for companies including Tanqueray, Hugo Boss, Veuve Clicquot, and Belvedere Vodka.

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LVMH, a French luxury-goods conglomerate which owns Veuve Clicquot among other brands, was reduced to courting tiny winegrowers.

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Earlier this year she won the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year award.

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"You can still be a gunslinger in Vegas, " he beams, between sips of Veuve Clicquot and puffs on his Montecristo cigar.

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The longtime Veuve Clicquot champagne house executive has a wisdom about women, French and otherwise, that's made her one others turn to for advice.

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They often held some back, feeding speculation and preventing champagne houses such as Veuve Clicquot and Laurent-Perrier from making as much fizz as they wanted to.

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The annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, which this year took place at Liberty State Park in New York City, highlights just how trendy hats have become lately.

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At nearby Jaa Bar, an intimate space designed to feel like a living room with chandeliers and upholstered couches, annual membership costs 888 Hong Kong dollars, but in return you are gifted a bottle of Veuve Clicquot worth almost that much.

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