Great news for collectors and just lovers of French wines – a new Appellation has appeared on the map of France. And this spring, visitors to the Paris cafes and restaurants will be able to taste the wine whose label will proudly sound «Coteaux Bourguignons».
This is a long tradition to relate the taste and aroma of wine to the place where the grapes were grown and where it was produced. Actually, even within the same wine region such important natural factors as, for example, soil and climate can vary considerably.
It is significant that exactly the French introduced the world the concept of “terroir”, uniting all the conditions having an influence on the quality of grapes and, of course, the wine. Also French gave the majority of other wine terms.
Coteaux Bourguignons will replace in the French wine list of AOC (Appelation d’Origine Contrôlée) Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire. This decision has already been approved by the appropriate organization – the National Institute for origin and quality of goods (Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité).
Napoleonland – even the name of this theme park, which will be built near Paris in coming years, says that its creators are going to take away a part of glory of the famous Disneyland.
French DJ- legend David Guetta will give the final concerts of his tour in Paris supporting the album «Nothing But The Beat».
The heyday of the American group Soundgarden fell on the first half of the 1990s when musicians were considered perhaps the main “competitors” of the legendary Nirvana (and we must admit that it was quite deservedly) in the popular musical direction – “grunge”. Founded in 1984 in Seattle by Chris Cornell the band has sold over twenty million of their disks before in 1997 the musicians stoped cooperation because of creative differences, – in any event the official version says so.
The debates about in what style Nightwish plays have being held since the beginning of its history. But this does not prevent the band to pack concert halls and stadiums in any of the cities where the famous Finnish musicians come to.
The world’s largest salon of watches of elite brands will be opened in Paris this year. The place of its location is the center of Paris – the second district – on Boulevard des Capucines.
«Made in Germany 1995-2011» – exactly so without any pretentiousness – the new album of popular German band Rammstein is called. The world release of the album took place on the 6th of December, 2011. And on March, 6 the musicians will come to Paris within the bounds of a concert tour for support of the «Made in …».
The first feature film – the legendary “Arrival of a Train” (L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de la Ciotat) – was shot by the Frenchmen – Lumière brothers. So, it is not surprising that the largest cinema of Europe is located in the heart of Paris.
Paris is a big city and like almost every metropolis has a problem of begging. This problem is particularly urgent in the most popular tourist areas of Paris. Certainly, many tourists who have been in Paris could saw the situation when a shaking from the cold man stands with his arms outstretched and sign “I’m hungry.”
