Win a bottle of Bollinger Special Cuvée valued at R890

Celebrate Mother’s Day with Bollinger Champagne!

Madame Lily Bollinger, a great lady of Champagne, guided the House of Bollinger for 30 years and represented Bollinger wines across the world.

On 10 November 1923, Jacques Bollinger, the grandson of Joseph Jacob better known as Jacques Bollinger, cofounder of the House a century earlier – married Elisabeth Law de Lauriston-Boubers, a descendent of John Law de Lauriston, the Scottish adventurer, banker and economist, who co-founded the Compagnie des Indes. She was 24, and he 29. When she married Jacques, Elisabeth (Lily) embraced, with verve and passion, Champagne and the vineyard. In 1941, when her husband died without an heir, the young 42-year-old widow took up the reins without hesitation. Known as  “Mrs Jacques” to the villagers of Aÿ and “Aunt Lily” to the family, Elisabeth Lauriston Bollinger was considered by all as one of the great ladies of Champagne. She saw the House through the war and German occupation bravely and firmly and then from the 1950s represented Bollinger wines across the world.

When asked when to drink Champagne, Lily Bollinger famously replied: “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.”

WIN! We’re giving one lucky reader the chance to win a bottle of Bollinger Special Cuvée valued at R890! To enter, simply complete the entry form below. Terms and conditions apply. Competition ends 31 May 2016.

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Written by Malu Lambert, wine writer.