Bruno Paillard

When former Lanson BBC director and CIVC communications director Bruno Paillard set out to establish his own champagne brand in 1981, he sold is Jaguar to finance the operation. ‘it takes three generations to create a house’ he says. ‘But there are some advantages starting three centuries after everyone else?’ Three decades on, his finely crafted cuvees are evidence of what can be achieved with sufficient connections and determination. TYSON STELZER