Lily Bollinger

Lily Bollinger (1899 - 22 February 1977) was the head of the Bollinger Champagne business from 1941 to 1971.[1]

Biography

Born Élisabeth Law Lauriston-Boubers in 1899, daughter of Baron Olivier Law of Lauriston-Boubers and Berthe de Marsay, she married on 10 November 1923 Jacques Bollinger (1894-1941), general manager of Bollinger Champagne and grandson of the founder Jacques Joseph Bollinger.[2] They did not have any children.[3]

She took over the presidency of the Bollinger house after the death of her husband in 1941, and directed it until 1971. She launched the Bollinger RD vintage in 1961, then the vintage Vieilles Vignes Françaises in 1969, and gave the brand an international scale.

She died on 22 February 1977, aged 77, at her home near Rheims.[3]

Her nephews, Claude d'Hautefeuille and Christian Bizot, succeeded her in turn.

Her most famous quote was[4]

"I drink Champagne when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise, I never touch it -- unless I'm thirsty."

— Lily Bollinger

References

  1. ↑ Coates, Clive (2000). An Encyclopedia of the Wines and Domaines of France. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520220935.
  2. ↑ Prial, Frank J. (1972-11-25). "Wine Talk". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  3. 1 2 "Champagne Maker in France, Mrs. Jacques Bollinger, Dead". nytimes.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Jones, Dylan (2012-02-16). Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 9781444755039.


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