A poet calling himself Satyrical Dick wrote how a “jolly wine-cooper” could combine a “pint of old port” with some rough Spanish wine and thus “could counterfeit claret the best of the sort”.
Sample local delicacies at the Victor Hugo Market… watch the waters of the Garonne slide by to far off Bordeaux… or just ride a bicycle to nowhere in particular.
With Bordeaux and Marseille, two the big hotspots at the moment expected to give him today their plans for their measures to help bring the figures back under control.
In France, strong winds and hot, dry weather frustrated French firefighters for a fifth day as they tried to contain a stubborn wildfire that showed no signs of abating in the Bordeaux region.
France's Green Party has made a strong showing in the second round of local elections, taking several major cities such as Leon, Strasbourg and Bordeaux.