France: Bordeaux puts wine at heart of revival strategy
France: Bordeaux puts wine at heart of revival strategy
May 27, 2011 6
(AFP) - The French "wine capital" of Bordeaux hopes a dramatic new cultural centre dedicated to its best known export can set the seal on this once decaying port's ambitious renewal programme.
The voluptuously rounded structure, dominated by glass and wood, will evoke gigantic drops of wine as they are swirled in a glass and transform the skyline of the historic city from its formerly shabby quayside site.
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