Champagne Bollinger

Champagne Bollinger is one of Champagne’s great historic houses, founded in 1829 in the village of Aÿ by Athanase de Villermont, Joseph Bollinger and Paul Renaudin. Still independently owned and closely linked to the founding family, the house has long enjoyed a special relationship with Britain, holding a Royal Warrant since 1884 and becoming famous as “Bolly” in popular culture and as James Bond’s Champagne of choice. Figures such as the redoubtable Madame Lily Bollinger helped shape both its image and its exacti…