Photo collection de presse originale présentateur Alan Whicker et comte Robert Jean de Vogue 1969

ALLPhotos ARE ORIGINAL FROM THE TIME, THEY ARE NOT MODERN REPRINTS.

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SIZE IN CENTIMETRES - 20.5cm x 25.5cm or 10x8 inch.

PERSON - Alan Whicker & Count Robert-Jean de Vogue.

SUBJECT -Donald Alan Whicker CBE (2 August 1921 – 12 July 2013) was a British journalist and television presenter and broadcaster. His career spanned almost 60 years, during which time he presented the documentary television programme Whickers World for over 30 years. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005 for services to broadcasting.

Born in 1896 in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France, Robert-Jean de Vogüé enlisted for the French military at the outbreak of WWI where he fought with distinction. He forged a career in the forces in the years following the conflict, marrying the stylish Ghislaine d'Eudeville, heiress to the Moët fortune, in 1924.

In 1930, at the conclusion of his military career, he took over as Moët & Chandon's Managing Director. One of his first acts was to introduce the first ever commercially available prestige cuvée, a 1921 vintage that was first sold to the public in 1936. The name ‘Dom Pérignon' was chosen, a title given to Moët by Francine-Durant Mercier when she married Paul Chandon in 1927. De Vogüé turned Dom Pérignon into one of the most prestigious names in Champagne, leaving an indelible mark on French winemaking that endures almost a century later.

DATE - 25.12.1969.

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