Christian Bizot (1928 – 7 July 2002) was a French winemaker, the head of the

Bollinger Bollinger () is a French Champagne house, a producer of luxury sparkling wines from the Champagne (wine region), Champagne region. They produce several labels of Champagne (wine), Champagne under the Bollinger name, including the vintage ''Vieil ...

Champagne house, and the fifth generation to run the family business.

Biography

Christian Bizot was born in Paris in 1928. He was the niece of

Lily Bollinger Lily Bollinger (born Élisabeth Law de Lauriston-Boubers; 1899 - 22 February 1977 near Reims, France) was the head of the Bollinger champagne, Bollinger Champagne business from 1941 to 1971. Bollinger was the daughter of Baron Olivier Law de Laur ...

. He was the son of Henry Bizot, president of the

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, and Guillemette Law de Lauriston-Boubers, younger sister of

. Bizot joined Bollinger in 1952, aged 24. Another of her nephews

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, took over the running of Bollinger when Lily retired in 1971 and ran it until 1978, when Bizot took over as president. He married Marie-Hélène Balsan, and they had five sons, Henry, Charles, Étienne, Guy and Xavier. Bizot died on 7 July 2002, aged 73, at his summer home near

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, soon after finishing a round of golf.

References

1928 births 2002 deaths 20th-century French businesspeople French winemakers Bollinger family {{France-business-bio-stub