"I drink it 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." Madame Jacques Bollinger Quotation from Daily Mail, 17th October 1961. Since its creation in 1829, the House of Bollinger has relayed its creation of a unique style of Champagne from one generation to the next. This rare preservation has allowed the House to continue to own vineyards in the finest crus and to maintain the financial independence to follow its own vision. Today, the Bollinger style is clearly distinguishable from all other Champagnes and compels admiration from the greatest gastronomic critics. Bollinger has become a reassuring institution; its wines represent an exacting but delicate blend of terroir, traditional values and talent. Bollinger's champagnes assert themselves as exceptional wines and are characterized by their richness, their vinosity, their great structure and long finish.