Paterno Wines to launches Champagne Bollinger in the US

15/06/05 Luxury wine producer, Paterno Wines International announced an exclusive long-term agreement with Champagne Bollinger to market its famed Champagne in the United States beginning July 1, 2005.

Founded in 1829, Champagne Bollinger introduced the world to an instantly recognizable, dry, toasty style that connoisseurs around the globe continue to covet. Six generations of the Bollinger family have maintained the trademark style of their namesake Champagne and it is one of a few remaining Grande Marque houses owned, controlled and managed by the same family since it was founded. With 403 acres of vineyards situated in the best Grands Crus and Premiers Crus villages, Bollinger relies on its own estate for more than 60% of its grape requirements, including the Pinot Noir that gives its Champagne much of its distinctive strength and structure. Bollinger is one of a select few houses that can control the quality of its grape supply so carefully.

The family-owned company stringently adheres to its own longstanding, highest quality standards explicitly spelled out in the Bollinger Charter of Ethics and Quality. Bollinger is renowned for its use of traditional methods that include extensive use of Pinot Noir, individual vinification of each marc and cru, barrel fermentation (indeed it is the last Champagne house to employ a full-time cooper) and extra-aging of all of its Champagnes on the lees prior to disgorgement.

Members of the British Royal Court were among the first to embrace Bollinger's unmistakable quality, and Queen Victoria made Bollinger the exclusive purveyor to the Court by Royal Warrant in 1884. Every British sovereign thereafter has renewed that recognition. Besides royalty, loyal devotees have included heads of state, celebrities and even famous fictional characters: Agent 007, James Bond, demands the exclusive Champagne Bollinger.