He then met joseph bollinger a widely travelled german who had left his country of birth to learn about the champagne wine trade and paul renaudin a local man who was fascinated by the world of wine the firm of renaudin bollinger cie was founded on 6th february 1829 joseph took care of sales and paul of the cellar. We reveal the full story behind bollingers first new permanent addition to its champagne range since 2008 including the fact it came from a contest. To in the late 1960s lily bollinger initiated the recently disgorged or rd style of champagne releasing a 1952 vintage wine that had aged much longer than what he stumbled upon re wrote bollinger history brought the past to life caused a sensation at sothebys and is now the must see destination in ay champagne bollinger was served at the real