"Ruinart, the pursuit of excellence through the gererations". "In the name of God and the Holy Virgin shall this book be opened…:" It was with these words, written by Nicholas Ruinart on 1 September 1729, that the House of Ruinart was officially established. A true entrepreneur, Nicholas Ruinart fulfilled the ambition of his uncle, the Benedictine monk Dom Thierry Ruinart, to make Ruinart the premier champagne house.