Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux

La belle époque
The Spectator; 9/20/2008; 860 words; ...you are somewhere altogether grander and of a different order of...a history of the marine and maritime life of the coast. A more...drink. The great vineyards of Bordeaux are two hours' drive to the...Chez Albert, nestling in the Port de Pecheurs. As well as all...

Port Reform In France.
Mondaq Business Briefing; 7/31/2008; 1472 words; ...major seaports' (grands ports maritimes...by independent port operators. Replacement Of Autonomous Ports Or State-Owned...of the French ports and the shipping...La Rochelle, Bordeaux and Marseilles...regulatory functions as port authorities...except the natural maritime ...

Try glass blowing, a spa, or visiting a Queen
The Boston Globe; 1/20/2008; 1451 words; ...REAL DEALS Just a week ago, maritime history of a sort was made...two-day overnight call in Bordeaux, the 12-day voyage from...of 12 itineraries, visiting ports in the Caribbean, Europe...to visit destinations, and Grand Circle Travel is currently...

Super Tuscany: on the trail of Super Tuscans, the wines that broke Italy's bureaucratic rules.
The American (Washington, DC); 9/1/2007; 3363 words; ...Rocchetta, whose penchant for Bordeaux-style wines led him, starting...and spiritual center. Its maritime climate of steady, cooling...II, Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany in the late...River just south of Livorno, a port town created by the Medicis...

The Navy and Government in Early Modern France, 1572-1661.(Book review)
The Historian; 9/22/2006; 885 words; ...anchor, and in the maritime motifs that adorned...of the office of grand-maitre, chef et...meddling, afforded the grand-maitre the opportunity...authority on the key ports of La Havre and Brest...connections with the maritime elites in the Atlantic...quash the Fronde at Bordeaux, and ...