Aquitaine, France News

THE Dragons suffered a horror show in France as their Heineken Cup hopes took a severe dent at a rampant Biarritz.

Biarritz blitzed the Dragons to confirm their credentials as major Heineken Cup contenders this season.

Though the weather outside is chilly, there's still room for white wine in your repertoire of drinks.

A few months ago, I interviewed Col. Pete Gersten, wing commander of the 432nd Wing Nevada, about the future of Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles .

Hotel du Palais, the legendary palace built in 1855 by Napoleon III as a summer mansion for Empress Eugenia, is marked with distinction as a new member of the exclusive Comite Colbert.

A team of 21 Dorset Police officers and staff has completed a 70-mile fundraising kayak journey retracing the steps of Second World War commandos.

The Bordeaux Wine Council, the trade association that represents the region's wine growers, is on the hunt for a UK advertising agency.

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STARTING OVER: Two former Guantanamo inmates arrived in Italy, where they will be tried on terrorism charges, while an Algerian man arrived in France yesterday REUTERS AND AP , PARIS AND ROME Wednesday, Dec 02, 2009, Page 7 An Algerian man who had been detained at the US prison camp at Guantanamo in Cuba since 2002 has been transferred to France, ...

THERE wasn't a single bottle of Bordeaux in King Louis XVI's cellar, but 30 years later Napoleon's Empress Josephine had amassed a vast collection of luxury Bordeaux wines, launching a fashion that put Latour and Margaux on high society tables.

You might not have had a Thanksgiving break but if you are a foodie or a wine fan, live in France or happen to be there between November 27 and 29, you might be torn between 2 events.

The confidence index increased in Germany and was unchanged in France. Daimler AG signs two joint venture agreements with a Russian truck maker.

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Think of Bordeaux and the names of all the great French chateaux come tripping off the tongue: Lafite, Latour, Margaux, Haut-Brion and Mouton Rothschild.

Damien Traille was given the starting job at full back in the French side to play New Zealand in Marseille on Saturday.

When singer-impersonator Greg London was asked to bring his show to Reno, he thought he'd be donning a lot of hats ... all of them Western.

Relais & Chateaux, a collection of the world's finest charming hotels and gourmet restaurants, announced its newest members at its annual Congress in Biarritz, France.

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For all its faults, the Bolshoi's new version of the classic 'La fille mal gardee' is likely to have much appeal to younger audiences.

The composer, who grew up in Montco, is "not drawn to the establishment . . . but I'm drawn to big and wonderful things." By David Patrick Stearns Inquirer Classical Music Critic NEW YORK - Among downtown New York composers, few stick so relentlessly to the cutting edge as Julia Wolfe.