Christian Bizot

Christian Bizot (1928 – 7 July 2002) was a French winemaker, the head of the Bollinger Champagne house, and the fifth generation to run the family business.

[1] He was the son of Henry Bizot, president of the Banque Nationale de Paris, and Guillemette Law de Lauriston-Boubers, younger sister of Lily Bollinger.

[2] Another of her nephews Claude d'Hautefeuille, took over the running of Bollinger when Lily retired in 1971 and ran it until 1978, when Bizot took over as president.

[1] He married Marie-Hélène Balsan, and they had five sons, Henry, Charles, Étienne, Guy and Xavier.

[1] Bizot died on 7 July 2002, aged 73, at his summer home near Grenoble, soon after finishing a round of golf.