Champagne Bollinger

Second time I’ve been to Reims/Epernay and “hands down” this has been our best champagne tour. It has a feeling of prestige but without pretence. We booked the 5 tasting tour - 2 non-vintage and 3 vintage and it was excellent value. You have to join the Bollinger club to be able to book tickets and the tours are small, just 10 people and there are only a couple of tours a day. If you want to go, book far in advance. But I urge you to do it, the best champagne out of all of them (and we tried a lot!!!!) and the most intimate tour.

I just. visited another legend today - "Bolly', BOLLINGER in Ay-Champagne.

"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 House of Bollinger Champagne

"Bollinger (French pronunciation: ​[bɔlɛ̃ʒe]) is a French Champagne house, a producer of sparkling wines from the Champagne region. They produce several labels of Champagne under the Bollinger name, including the vintage Vieilles Vignes Françaises, Grande Année and R.D. as well as the non-vintage Special Cuvée. Founded in 1829 in Aÿ by Hennequin de Villermont, Paul Renaudin and Jacques Bollinger the house continues to be run by members of the Bollinger family. In Britain Bollinger Champagnes are affectionately known as "Bolly"."

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An amazing experience and weel worth a visit to descover how Bollinger make champagne, and more importantly to taste it. Don't just turn up, you need to book well in advance.

It's not easy to get in, but the visit is very much worth the effort. It's wonderful and visiting such a great, famous, historic maison is priceless. Thank you Bollinger!!!

Great tour around their cellar! Such a beautiful place!

This is the most beautiful and amazing place to visit, tour and taste. So much wealth of knowledge and history and a serene calmness about the place that is just very classy without any pretension, not an easy thing to get just right but they do. You will not be disappointed from this it truly lives up to the quality of the product and the warmth of a niche top level special Champagne. A great many thanks to our fantastic host she was excellent.

Caroline is the best speaker I ever met.
She knows what is the life is.
What is the taste is.
So welcome to club Bollinger!
I like the place. It is marvelous

Best Champagne House visited, Sonya was a terrific guide and the tasting was wonderful.

Excellent English tour and tasting. Very impressive from a stalwart of the Champagne region. Tour by private booking only, max 10 ppl.

Guide Emeilina was very kind and amazing. It was very memorable experience.

The place looks amazing outside (the cellar was closed for visitors in August) and you can see the wineyards very close.

Caroline is the most enthusiastic wine connoisseur. ♥

Maison di assoluta eccellenza!
La visita è un sogno dall'inizio alla fine, soprattutto la fine con la degustazione, dallo Special Cuvée all'RD 2007!
La Grande Année Rosè 2007 è stato una piacevolissima sorpresa.
I vitigni, distribuiti tra la città di Reims e il territorio di Ay vantano classificazioni Grand Cru e Premier Cru.
Non vedo l'ora di tornarci.

Grâce au partenariat que le club Jaguar a avec la maison Bollinger, mon mari et moi avons pu profiter d’une visite de vielles vignes françaises, des caves mais aussi d’un dîner de chef dans l’historique maison familiale.

Une expérience immersive et intimiste plus qu’appréciable !

Nous remercions Benjamin pour le partage sur fond de passion.

Tasting van 5 champagnes met een rondleiding door de wijngaard, werkplaats waar ze de houten vaten repareren en de kelder met de miljoenen flessen champagne. We waren met z'n vieren, bijna een privé rondleiding.

Une expérience intimiste et si riche d'Histoire. Eymeline, notre hôte, est exceptionnelle et a su valoriser tout le savoir faire de la maison Bollinger. Visite très agréable.

Très bon champagne et une maison qui fait encore beaucoup de choses à la main.
Un plaisir d'apprendre auprès d'un personnel qui a autant de savoir faire :)

Maison classica, ottimi vini e grande accoglienza, bravi!

素晴らしいです。

フィロキセラを免れた木がまだ残っており、大切に保護され年間に少量が出荷されています。

Excellent champagne !!! Très belle maison avec un savoir faire exceptionnel !!!!