Christian Bizot (1928 – 7 July 2002) was a French winemaker, the head of the Bollinger Champagne house, and the fifth generation to run the family business.
3-742: Christian Bizot was born in Paris in 1928. He was the niece of Lily Bollinger . He was the son of Henry Bizot , president of the Banque Nationale de Paris , and Guillemette Law de Lauriston-Boubers, younger sister of Lily Bollinger . Bizot joined Bollinger in 1952, aged 24. Another of her nephews Claude d'Hautefeuille , took over the running of Bollinger when Lily retired in 1971 and ran it until 1978, when Bizot took over as president. He married Marie-Hélène, and they had five sons, Henry, Charles, Étienne, Guy and Xavier. Bizot died on 7 July 2002, aged 73, at his summer home near Grenoble , soon after finishing
6-688: A round of golf. This French business–related biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lily Bollinger Lily Bollinger (born Élisabeth Law de Lauriston-Boubers; 1899 - 22 February 1977 near Reims , France) was the head of the Bollinger Champagne business from 1941 to 1971. Bollinger was the daughter of Baron Olivier Law de Lauriston-Boubers and Berthe de Marsay. She married Jacques Bollinger (1894-1941), general manager of Bollinger Champagne and grandson of founder Jacques Joseph Bollinger, on 10 November 1923. They had no children. Bollinger took over
9-808: 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 and the vintage Vieilles Vignes Françaises in 1969, putting the brand on the international stage. After her death in 1977, her nephews, Claude d'Hautefeuille and Christian Bizot , succeeded her in turn. Bollinger's most famous quote was "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." This French business–related biographical article
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