Bollinger - Champagne of James Bond

HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
Have received a very nice presskit today from Bollinger.

QoS features the "Grande Année 99" champagne and they have issued a bullet-shaped wine cooler for this occasion:

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Price: GBP 2.500,-- 207 units limited.

The presskit also features details of all Bollinger champagnes in the 007 movies:

LALD: Bollinger ??
MR: R.D. 1969
Octopussy: R.D.
AVTAK: R.D. 75
TLD: R.D. 75
LTK: R.D. 79
GE: La Grande année 88
TND: La Grande Année 89
TWINE: La Grande Année 90
DAD: Bollinger 1961 & Grande Année 95
CR: La Grande Année 90

An interesting information has been for me, that R.D. stands for:

Récentement Dégorgé (recently degorged).
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!

Comments

  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,535MI6 Agent
    edited November 2008
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Récentement Dégorgé (recently degorged).

    That means all of the silt from the neck has been recently removed prior to the final corking. Most decent champagnes are fermented in the bottle - punt up, and the silt and crap settle in the neck. This is then frozen and the bottle tapped to disgorge the crap, rather like the cork popping. The bottle is then topped up and finally corked.

    This knowledge comes from drinking far too much, which is caused by having to be sloshed to trawl through your posts {[]
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    edited November 2008
    Asp9mm wrote:
    This knowledge comes from drinking far too much

    That's why I have been awarded by the industry recently...
    Asp9mm wrote:
    which is caused by having to be sloshed to trawl through your posts

    I am not sure, if it's more, that you have been drinking too much from the mentioned crap, which is usually collected, frozen and then finally disgorged ;)
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • YouknowthenameYouknowthename Carver Media GroupPosts: 501MI6 Agent
    Yeah, I saw this beauty at Harrods, which had (at least) three in their store. They came with a wooden '007' branded crate, and were real eyecandy. The price however...:D
  • Remmert007Remmert007 Posts: 232MI6 Agent
    edited December 2008
    There's one on auction now on my site.

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  • scottishbondscottishbond Posts: 7MI6 Agent
    I have one, and more importantly I have the Bollinger Bullet cufflinks that they did as a special, only 207 sets of the cufflinks ever made also.

    I am looking to sell, along with one of the Bentley Bond books, had three sold one already
  • scottishbondscottishbond Posts: 7MI6 Agent
    What I forgot to mention is that my Bullet is number 105, the exact running time in minutes of Quantum of Solace. I also have a certificate of authenticity from Metzendorf who are the UK distributor of Bollinger and a set of the Bullet cufflinks which were as rare as the Bullet itself, anyone interested then please PM me and I will discuss possible sale
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