The Latest Breaking News from Bordeaux

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Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux have become the latest French citites to back away from centrally located fan zones to celebrate the football World Cup which starts on 20 November in Qatar.

With a little over a month left until the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar, a string of French cities – including Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Marseille – have announced they are boycotting the tournament and will not set up the customary fan zones with giant TV…

Lille, Bordeaux and Marseille are among the other French cities that have decided not to show matches on a big screen

Across the planet, growers are having to adjust to extreme conditions in a warming world

Don’t judge a bottle by its illustrious label. Good wines don’t always come from the most famous regions, says David Williams

Hundreds of firemen have been deployed in the Gironde region south of the city of Bordeaux to fight a blaze which has already destroyed 1,300 hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of several hundred people.

Devastated owner Shona O'Sullivan said Jack Russell cross Princess was her world and she can't accept she's gone

Tests carried out on grapes to be harvested for wine in France's famous Bordeaux region show that the new vintage will not have a smoky taste as feared. This after massive fires swept through the southwest destroying thousands of hectares of forest near the vineyards over the summer.

Climate change is encroaching on the prestigious vineyards of Bordeaux

More than 230 amphitheatres, among the largest and most memorable monuments left to us by the Romans, survive in cities from northern England to the banks of the Jordan River. The Romans built amphitheatres for more than 500 years in a range of sizes -- from a capacity of a…