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1-21 OCTOBER 2012
BOLLINGER 002 TO 007 - SPECIAL CUVÉE TO BOND |
 This year, James Bond celebrates 50 years on the silver screen, and the relationship between Bollinger and Bond has lasted nearly 40 years. Therefore, Bollinger will launch a special 007 cuvée to mark the longest co-operation in the film business. For Sweden, 100 bottles of Bollinger's La Grande Année 2002 will be released with a special 007 label on October 1, 2012, each priced 1249 SEK.
This year marks 50 years since the world's most famous agent James Bond, aka 007, appeared on the silver screen for the first time. Meanwhile, around 40 years ago, the British agent acquired a taste for Bollinger, a champagne brand he has stuck to ever since. The cooperation between Bollinger and Bond is the oldest in the film industry, and it is not ruled by money. Instead, it is founded in a deep friendship between the Bollinger champagne house and the Broccoli family who produces the legendary films.
Excitement, car chases, humour, beautiful women - and champagne. This year marks 50 years since author Ian Fleming's 007 was first seen on the big screen, then with Sean Connery in the lead role. This fall, Skyfall (2012), the 23rd film in the official series with the British super agent, now played by Daniel Craig, opens in cinemas worldwide.
James Bond has good taste and even chooses his champagne with care. Since nearly 40 years, he has chosen the Bollinger Champagne. It all started with a meeting between Albert R. ”Cubby” Broccoli, one of the then producers of the James Bond films, and Christian Bizot, then CEO of the champagne house Bollinger. The friendship between Bollinger and the Broccolis has lasted over the years, which has resulted in the world's longest on screen relationship since James Bond still prefer Bollinger over other brands in the famous films.
What a vintage James Bond prefers in Skyfall is not entirely clear, but it is rumoured that he glanced at the Bollinger R.D. 1997. Bollinger's champagne house does not pay for James Bond to enjoy a bottle of Bollinger in the films. It also proves Bollinger rarely know in advance the visibility of their champagne in the movies.
Listed below are the vintages of Bollinger chosen by James Bond in the movies:
YEAR - FILM - CHAMPAGNE:
1973: Live and Let Die (1973) - Bollinger
1979: Moonraker (1979) - Bollinger R.D. 69
1983: Octopussy (1983) - Bollinger R.D.
1985: A View to a Kill (1985) - Bollinger R.D. 75
1987: The Living Daylights (1987) - Bollinger R.D. 75
1989: Licence to Kill (1989) - Bollinger R.D. 79
1995: GoldenEye (1995) - Bollinger La Grande Année 88
1997: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - Bollinger La Grande Année 89
1999: The World Is Not Enough (1999) - Bollinger La Grande Année 90
2002: Die Another Day (2002) - Bollinger 1961 et La Grande Année 95
2006: Casino Royale (2006) - Bollinger La Grande Année 90
2008: Quantum of Solace (2008) - Bollinger La Grande Année 99
About Bollinger:
Bollinger, founded in 1829, is a legendary and traditional champagne house in the elite class. An independent and magnificent style with a large proportion pinot noir, initial fermentation in old oak barrels and an unusually long bottle storage - this gives the classic Bollinger character. Bollinger's worldwide fame owes much to Madame Lily Bollinger. At the age of 42, she inherited one of the district's finest champagne houses from her husband. Lily then spent most of her time managing her husband's legacy, and when she handed over the company in 1971, Bollinger was a thriving business. Thanks to her iron will and professionalism, the company has both expanded its area and its market share.
James Bond 50th Anniversary events and products featured on From Sweden with Love:
>Scalextric's James Bond 50th Anniversary products
>50 Years of James Bond poster revealed (January 10, 2012)
>Director's panel in Las Vegas (January 10, 2012)
>Royal Mail needs you for Bond (January 14-29, 2012)
>James Bond special in Mail on Sunday Live (January 15, 2012)
>Kindle edition of Cubby Broccoli's biography (January 16, 2012)
>Bond in Motion exhibition opens (January 17, 2012)
>James Bond at BAFTA Awards 2012 (February 12, 2012)
>Two new James Bond Omega limited edition watches (February 22, 2012)
>Britt Ekland, George Lazenby and John Glen attend film festival in Oman (March 30, 2012)
>Maud Adams & Eunice Gayson at TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles (April 14, 2012)
>New James Bond video game announced: 007 Legends (April 18, 2012)
>Buckingham Covers 50th Anniversary sheet (May 1, 2012)
>James Bond special in EMPIRE magazine's June issue (May, 2012)
>Autographed trading cards set released (May 2, 2012)
>James Bond films screened at Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27, 2012)
>150 piece 50 Years Celebration Poker set released (May 30, 2012)
>200 piece 50 Years Celebration Poker set released (May 30, 2012)
>500 piece 50 Years Celebration Poker set released (May 30, 2012)
>007 at 50: James Bond screenings in Los Angeles (June 8-24, 2012)
>James Bond vehicles at Comic Con (July, 2012)
>Designing 007 exhibition in London (July 6-September 5, 2012)
>Release of a new James Bond Monopoly: The 50th Anniversary Edition (July 31, 2012)
>James Bond special in Entertainment Weekly (August 3, 2012)
>Postcards from the James Bond archives released (September 3, 2012)
>Blu-ray set with the first 22 James Bond films (September 24, 2012)
>50th anniversary of Dr. No (October 5, 2012)
>Feature documentary: Everything or Nothing (October 5, 2012)
>The Music of Bond in Los Angeles (October 5, 2012)
>Film festival at The Museum of Modern Art in New York (October 5, 2012)
>Hilary Saltzman at Black Bear Film Festival (October 13, 2012)
>Premiere of Skyfall (October 26, 2012)
>Designing 007 exhibition in Toronto (October 26, 2012-January 20, 2013)
>Exquisitely Evil: 50 Years of Bond Villains (November 2012)
>Anniversary concert in London (November 23, 2012)
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