Get your champagne flutes ready. On Wednesday February 26, the Phillip Island Movie Club presents Widow Clicquot at Berninneit, at 7.30pm.

Widow Clicquot is based on the true story of the "Grande Dame of Champagne," Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin (1777-1866) who, at the age of 20, became Madame Clicquot after marrying the scion of a winemaking family.

Though their marriage was arranged, a timeless love blossomed between Barbe-Nicole (Haley Bennett) and her unconventional, erratic husband, François (Tom Sturridge). After her husband's untimely death, Barbe-Nicole flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business and revolutionises the champagne industry to become one of the world's first great entrepreneurs.

Now the champagne is named after her, Veuve Clicquot. The English for veuve is widow.

The story doesn't convert to riveting theatre but does highlight her struggles with a male dominated commerce. However, some critics say that it doesn't go deeply enough into her invention of the gyro palette now known as the Riddling Rack.

We here in Australia know how highly the French hold in esteem their traditional Champagnes methods and legend has it that Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, on a suggestion from her Cellar Master, Antoine Muller, created a whole new method to clarify her wines, called Riddling in 1811. It was patented in 1864 by a Mr Michelot and sadly not by Madame Clicquot.

This is a private event for Phillip Island Movie Club (PIMC) members only and you must have your membership ticket and your Trybooking receipt to enter.

Please note the film begins at 7.30pm, runs for 90 minutes and is rated M. 

If you haven't collected your PIMC membership ticket, the club will be issuing tickets from 6.30pm. Please arrive in enough time to collect your membership. Remember there are 260 people all arriving at the same time. There will be free drinks and nibbles prior to the film.

If you were unable to book tickets for the screening on February 26, you can use your PIMC membership ticket to attend a screening of Widow Clicquot on Saturday March 8 at 7.30pm. Please book for this film if you are going to attend.

Members can check their emails for a direct link to Trybooking for this session.