This year French wine-makers expect low-quality grape of Gamay sort which is to produce Beaujolais wine.
Because of heavy draught continuing for the whole July grape fruits could not grow till sufficient sizes as 20minutes.fr edition refers to the words of counselor of agricultural board of Rona department Florence Arto.
The similar situation happens with the vineyards in another wine region of France – Burgundy. «The lack of moisture affects process of fruit ripening badly», as representative of interprofessional bureau of Burgundian wines BIVB Kristin Monani. According to her, in the nearest future due to the starting rains fruits will ripe, however, in any case they are not going to reach basic size.
Nevertheless, according to the experts’ estimations, draught will not make an influence on the quality of wine made from the harvest gathered this year. Because of the draught vineyards avoided illnesses quickly spreading in the conditions of moisture.
The date of grape collection in Beaujolais will become known in the nearest days, in Burgundy the harvest is to start at the end of August.
Totally, nearly 70 departments of France suffered this summer because of the strongest heat continuing for the whole July.
Masks, dances, and traditional music penetrate the carnival in Limoux, small and cozy city on the South of France. The carnival has been lasting for three month. Indeed, the performances are at the weekends.
The castle Le Paluel in the South Western France is acclaimed to be auction showpiece. The sales with the purpose to save the destroying mansion will happen on the 21-st of September. The necessary amount is 500 thousand euro, however, the minimal contribution starts from 50 euro.
The best cooks of France will participate in the auction «CHEFS DE GARE» in the course of which the cooking profiles will be represented at the railway stations of the country. This year the auction will happen from the 14-th to 23-rd of October.
Nearly thirty French cities have already implemented the idea of the own local currency. Paris is on the turn. The essence of the concept is that citizens of any given city pay their purchases with the currency additional to euro. The stated currency is about to circulate exceptionally within the exact territory.
As UNN with the reference to Variety reports, French authorities forbade the filming of cinematographic extracts where the violence is represented. Such a decision is caused by the series of terroristic acts happening in 2015-2016. As the result of them government decided to take measures of extreme safety in the country.
Antibes, Dijon and La Baule have been included to the list ‘International travel areas’ of France. The stated status means that in these cities tourists may go shopping in the stores up to midnight and on Sundays.
On July 14 France celebrates the French National Day which commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the storming of the Bastille fortress.
The service for short-term rent of accommodation Home Away (the analogue of Airbnb) offered to its users to spend a night in the aparthotel unit situated in one of the rooms of Eifel Tower.
The list of landmarks which the tourists want to see in Paris has not changed for 119 years. The Daily Mail comes to such a conclusion studying the Karl Baedeker guide produced in 1897.
Having been built in the suburbs of Paris in 1856 by Baron James Rothschild, the castle was left by Saudi owners and stood empty for a quarter of century. The building was transformed into the hobo jungle, the place of drug-dealers meeting, and platform for graffitists.
The oceanarium of Paris created a new entertainment for the visitors – the latest are offered to spend a night in the cozy bed being surrounded by the sharks. Transparent aquarium where the bedroom is arranged dives into ten-meter depth in the reservoir including thirty-five predators, as The Daily Mail reports.
The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo wished to make Paris the first city in the world where unusual cars are to appear. Their main task will become the struggle against capital traffic jams.