Bubbly superspy

Bollinger celebrates its 40th year as 007’s preferred champagne.

IN HIS 1979 outer-space adventure Moonraker, James Bond quips: “Bollinger? If it’s ’69 you were expecting me.” When it comes to champagne, there is no doubt that Bond is a real connoisseur. This is even more so when the champagne in question is from Bollinger – in 1985’s A View To A Kill, Bond correctly identifies a 1975 vintage Bollinger just by tasting it (prompting the ill-fated French detective Achille Aubergine to proclaim him a real connoisseur).