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An interesting, if worrying article by Elin McCoy at Bloomberg, casts a pessimistic view of the French authorities’ approach to wine and alcohol:- In January, the Paris County Court ruled that the French Web site of giant Dutch beer producer Heineken NV was illegal because it contained advertising. Cautious wine and spirit companies now refuse ………Continue reading This website could be banned in France! France always seems to be a little schizophrenic about new technology – rather backward and bureaucratic in some areas, yet at the cutting edge in others. France invented and rolled out Minitel nationally many years ago which was a pre-cursor to the web and an impressive technology, but sadly overtaken by the personal computer and ………Continue reading Internet access when touring France If you happen to be in France in September/early October then you are in luck – most of the big supermarkets hold their annual Foire à Vins (Wine Fair) offering wines at heavy discounts from top Bordeaux chateau through to good local appellations. It is a tradition in France that domaines, chateaux and negociants offload ………Continue reading Hypermarket Wine Sale Season Our love-hate relationship with France often ensures that we Brits enjoy the distress of the French when things do not go well. Admit it – a significant element of the national elation at winning the Olympics for 2012 was that we beat Paris to it!! Our trouble is that in many ways we are so ………Continue reading Not a good week for the French!? As French Duck, we tend to pick up on things which are duck-connected, and whilst this is in no way relevant to our main focus on France, French Wine, French Food, travel, events etc, we were surprised to discover that the old-fashioned yellow plastic bath duck has now been superseded by a range of funky ………Continue reading Bath ducks go funky! The 2007 Tour de France cycle race starts with the Prologue and “Le Grand Départ” in Central London before heafing to Kent on Sunday and France on Monday – more info The first stage proper heads out from London into deepest Kent finishing in Canterbury. Overnight the whole Tour crosses the Channel to Dunkerque for Stage 2 DeptNo DeptName Region 01 Ain Rhone-Alpes 02 Aisne Picardie 03 Allier Auvergne 04 Alpes de Haute Provence Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) 05 Hautes Alpes Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) 06 Alpes Maritimes Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) 07 Ardèche Rhone-Alpes 08 Ardennes Champagne-Ardenne 09 Ariège Midi-Pyrenees 10 Aube Champagne-Ardenne 11 Aude Languedoc-Rousillon 12 Aveyron Midi-Pyrenees 13 Bouches du Rhône ………Continue reading France departments, numbers, regions |
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