Latour Burgundys create fine impression Nov 5, 2008
The grapes were grown in the Ardeche River valley west of the Rhone River. Aged in used French oak barrels that previously held the firms famed Corton Charlemagne. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Travel series to begin Nov. 20 Oct 23, 2008
The Rhone River, Avignon, Aries, Nimes and unspoiled villages of the Alpiles Mountain are delightful destinations. The audience will meet the people throughout this exciting trip as they develop a feel for the French Riviera. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Southern France river cruise, from $1,399 Oct 14, 2008
From Chalon-sur-Saone, you travel along the Rhone River through the Burgundy wine region. The first stop is Beaune, where you'll sample wines at a local cellar and take a guided tour of the , a former hospice that's now a museum, featuring furniture, tapestries, paintings, and sculptures dating back to 1501. (MSNBC -- Politics)
MoMA exhibit features van Gogh's starry nights Oct 8, 2008
(AP Photo/Museum of Modern Art) **NO SALES** Starry night over the Rhone River, 1888. Arles. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Plea for Pakistan coalition unity Aug 26, 2008
Page last updated at 06:40 GMT, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 07:40 UK. Mr Zardari says the survival of PPP is linked to the survival of PML-N. (BBC News)
Titan jails 'could be dangerous' Aug 26, 2008
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Illegal workers Aug 26, 2008
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UK 'should end biofuel subsidies' Aug 26, 2008
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Can tennis be made less middle class? Aug 26, 2008
Page last updated at 10:57 GMT, Monday, 25 August 2008 11:57 UK. Can tennis be made less middle class. (BBC News -- UK)
New horizons Aug 26, 2008
Page last updated at 00:18 GMT, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 01:18 UK. All change for miners' strike battlefield. (BBC News -- UK)
Magnets 'could cut NHS drug bill' Aug 26, 2008
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Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver slams British attitude to food Aug 26, 2008
Page last updated at 11:09 GMT, Monday, 25 August 2008 12:09 UK. Oliver criticises alcohol culture. (BBC News -- Europe)
S Ossetia 'emptied of Georgians' Aug 26, 2008
Page last updated at 18:31 GMT, Monday, 25 August 2008 19:31 UK. S Ossetia 'emptied of Georgians. (BBC News -- Europe)
Pakistan bans Taleban Aug 26, 2008
Page last updated at 12:16 GMT, Monday, 25 August 2008 13:16 UK. Pakistan government bans Taleban. (BBC News -- South Asia)
N Korea 'stops nuclear disabling' Aug 26, 2008
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Giant Windshield May Stop Glacial Melt Aug 16, 2008
Fuchs hopes the screen will trap cold winds that blow down off the mountains and keep them over the Rhone Glacier, the source of the Rhone River which flows west and then south through France into the Mediterranean. Climate experts think the effort's pointless, however. (Fox News)
Zermatt to St. Moritz Drive Jul 6, 2008
Park, get out of your car, turn around, look back and you will see the Rhone River and the Rhone Valley open up before your eyes. The Rhone River flows southwest eventually ending up in Marseilles. (Suite101.com)
Soccer fever descends on Alpine nations May 26, 2008
Stroll along the lake or along the Rhone River that leaves it, or pause in sidewalk and park cafes. Don't miss the 5-meter-diameter floral clock made of more than 6,500 plants. (Xinhuanet, China)
Experts list warming, impacts ties May 17, 2008
Long-term changes within fish communities in Upper Rhone River. Glacier melting in the Alps. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Giant study pinpoints warming effects May 16, 2008
EUROPE: Glacier melting in the Alps; changes in 19 countries of leaf-unfolding and flowering of such plants as hazel, lilac, apple, linden and birch; early pollen release in the Netherlands; long-term changes in fish communities in Upper Rhone River. ASIA: Greater growth of Siberian pines in Mongolia; earlier break-up and thinning of river and lake ice in Mongolia; change in depth of permafrost in Russia; earlier flowering of gingko in Japan. (Globe and Mail)
Divers Find Caesar Bust Possibly Dating to 46 B.C. May 15, 2008
PARIS Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known. The life-sized bust showing the Roman ruler with wrinkles and hollows in his face is tentatively dated to 46 B.C. Divers uncovered the Caesar bust and a collection of other finds in the Rhone near the town of Arles founded by Caesar. (Fox News)
Caesar bust from 46 B.C. discovered in Rhone River May 15, 2008
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhuanet) -- A marble bust of an aging Caesar found in the Rhone River by divers trained in archaeology could be the oldest known, France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday. The life-sized bust shows the Roman ruler with wrinkles and hollows in his face. (Xinhuanet, China)
Divers Find Ancient Bust Of Caesar May 14, 2008
The bust, probably dated 46 BC, was discovered last year after underwater searches in the Rhone River near Arles, southern France ... (AP) Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said could be the oldest known. (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
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Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known. Multimedia. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Soccer And Sightseeing In Europe May 13, 2008
Stroll along the lake or along the Rhone River leaving it, or pause in sidewalk and park cafes. Don't miss the 16. (CBS News -- World)
Column: Is nuclear in our future? Feb 16, 2008
Included was a seven-day riverboat cruise down the Rhone River. On that cruise, it seemed that every several hours we would pass a nuclear power plant. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
French prison for sale: Has potential as hotel getaway Jan 6, 2008
"Exceptional location at the foot of the Palace of the Popes, view of the Rhone River, 10,280 square meters. Ancient St. Anne Prison." The property includes "detention cells, two gyms, a library, a cinema, infirmary rooms, a kitchen and stores," according to the advertisement on the French government's website. Avignon, the ancient walled Proven al city famous for a bridge immortalized in a nursery rhyme and a palace built for medieval popes fleeing the chaos of Rome, is searching for a buyer... (Boston Globe)
Obituaries for Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007 Dec 11, 2007
They fought throughout Italy and then made their way up the Rhone River. After the war he returned home and married Janet Young on Nov. 24, 1946, she died May 13, 2006. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Unease in Avignon Dec 3, 2007
Off the left bank of the Rhone river in southern France lies one of the country's lesser known delights - the city of Avignon, whose charming squares and cascading water fountains create the feel of an open air museum that doubles as a city. Outside its medieval ramparts lie the remnants of the 12th-century bridge made famous by the song "Sur le pont d'Avignon," while within them are dozens of churches - some Gothic, others Romanesque. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
A field guide to sparkling wines from around the world Dec 1, 2007
The other place with a claim to predate Champagne sits along a remote 30-kilometer stretch of the Drome tributary of the Rhone river, between the northern and southern Rhone Valley. In 77 A.D., Pliny the Elder described sparkling wine from the area made by leaving vessels of still wine in the river all winter. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Stapleton to join meetings with Bush, French leader Nov 6, 2007
Greenwich resident Craig Stapleton, the U.S. ambassador to France, is quick to extoll the virtues of the French wines from regions such as Alsace-Lorraine, the Loire and Rhone river valleys, Bordeaux and Burgundy. Advertisement Two years of fence-mending between the two nations will be on display tonight at the White House, when Stapleton and President Bush, his cousin through marriage, welcome French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a black-tie dinner. (Greenwich Time)
Walking tour a chance to explore mysteries of Oakhurst Oct 4, 2007
The Castle, built from Stone Mountain granite and supposedly patterned after one on the Rhone River in Switzerland, is about 100 years old. This year, Krost plans to throw in a few ghost stories, but the focus of the tour is real people, real places and real events that make Oakhurst vibrant. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Dispatches from across the pond: weekend in Geneva Oct 2, 2007
Huddled around the mouth of the Rhone River are warehouses titled with neon signs for Prada and Lacoste, and all make an audience for the giant Jet d'eau, water fountain that shoots up 140m. We stayed at city hostel right in town - it was safe and clean, a good first hostel experience. (The New Hampshire, NH)
A century of living decently’ Sep 24, 2007
I pulled water from the Rhone River, the Rhine River, the Danube River. In 1934, Smith married Trillis Trixie Taber, whom he called that little gal of mine. (Crystal River Citrus County Chronicle, FL)
Ten legendary, scenic European drives Aug 2, 2007
Fifty miles north of Avignon in Provence the emerald Ardche River races to the Rhone River between precipitous white limestone cliffs dotted by ancient castles, tiny villages and natural caves and arches. The road curving with the lip of this grand canyon dips to the riverbank and climbs hundreds of feet above the swirling water. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Foxe's Book of Martyrs Mar 4, 2007
His ashes were disposed of in the Rhone River. John Browne, riding a public barge, accidentally sat down on part of a priest s robe. (Suite101.com)
