European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Royen it regaining its former festival Palace has just been by Rohda through form to in St time to visit the vineyards in Green and tit an almost suit bet mid september will by Don staff writer for and any one of Worth your the of rotting Hills and and interesting Region is which in the included most of and was under control today is one of Frances areas and its Queen and most Prosper As Well As one of he the Bordeaux noun of All the varied North from Bordeaux de passing noted for its and stately Chateaux in Estuary by return to Bordeaux now stationed in South Well acquainted with tourist coming to the or Points should plan nude some sightseeing refined and to monuments and which a beat in the wat when tenements and them with handsome in Fittje 100 ahead the trans and the City developing new hous apartment project extensive undertakings of the French ports receives ships the african coast and i 230 French and foreign jes having Liaison with the quite i Bordeaux biggest lumber and a major Rule that poor cities it is not tourist accommodations Are of it the newer of these be located in the mid for All its traces of a typical Amer ican modern you step into the dining which is unmistakably then there is another with an but elegant it has the kind of 19th Century elegance that cant be built into hotels any More thick red window balconies with wrought Iron railings and bathtubs Sis feet Long with polished brass water the restaurant situation is equally fax Bordeaux is like a bad restaurant simply cant compete and to none really if you arrange to have lunch in the chateau the Ubern and the Chapon Fin Are All restaurants of known and respected throughout but a Little inn in the suburbs deserves special this is the Reserve Etche at Between the City and the Airport set Down in the midst of a it is secluded from the Busy Community around any summer Day it is a perfect place to be introduced to two most typical of Bordeaux culinary Lampro Iea a Van Rouge and Colau both Are prepared with special sauces arid White experienced French diners would probably be horrified at ordering More than one course with a sauce during a the chef at the Etche Ona gives the Assurance that thu 4s quite permissible at because both the sauces they Are made with different kinds of wine fund one is with the other with Lampro Tep Are a kind of eel that each year the same Date swarm up the of the Gironde from the they Are cooked in a sauce composed of the blood of Bordeaux red wine different particularly Coq Auvin is an old standby through out although it varies considerably depending upon the kind of wine that goes into the at the Etche Ona Sweet White wine is so the dish becomes Coa a with a Light sauce that is a pleasant change from the conventional Chicken in a dark but to get on with the to see the most of the take departmental Highway 2 North of the City to where you enter the chateau country and the this is the beginning of the District that the people of Bordeaux say produces the finest wine in the the medic is one of three major districts in the win growing portion the the others Are Graves and the three Are divided in to smaller such As Emilion and the names of which have been made popular every where because Bordeaux wines Are manned for the District rather than the As is the Case in the Rhineland or the medic is a Peninsula bordered by the the Estuary formed by the Junction of the Dordogne and Garonne Rivers just above Bordeaux and the at the vineyards extend almost to the at polite de but the finest wines Are produced Between Margaux and aside from the identification by the better bottled at the Al so Bear the name of the Lafite and Margaux Are three names that command bowed Heads among All con there Are authorities who de Clare that a Fine chateau Lafite has never been equated by any chateau Margaux is described As the most delicately feminine red wine in existence and chateau Latour is praised in these Loving words its bouquet recalls both the Violet and the truly aristocratic Bordeaux one authority has writ Are the Only wines that cause absolutely no fatigue to the human Mecha even when they Are they Are said to be Best for people beyond As they fortify digestion and for this sometimes called the milk of the the Duke of Richelieu was sup posed to have lived to be 92 because he drank Only Bordeaux when admonished for doing so he asked if drink ing were would god have made this wine so Good the subject of Bordeaux wines is so vast that it is impossible to give More than a sketchy As the name Bordeaux is More often associated with the wine than with or the h is Well that the visitor acquaint himself about Bordeaux wines before starting a tour of the there Are More than 200 Large and some others almost but each is the heart of a Vine Yard and usually you Are Welcome to you can taste the wine on the from the cask before it is continuing up the Peninsula you reach a Small town today but once a rival of Bordeaux in wine As Bordeaux Paui Lac with improved Harbor facilities most of the wine was sent to Bordeaux and fewer ships called at today it is a sleepy farm but its riverfront quays still reflect some of the Romance of the the Highway of the great As departmental Highway 2 is known fh6 stars and scripts continues on through a Scenic route to St the last of the wine from Here on the terrain has a maritime and with an occasional Sand Dune looming up out of the if you Stop at la Marechale you will have a View of More than 30 Miles expanse of near the tip of the pen insula is a Seaside resort with a Good Beach and a Pine Forest in the Back when you plan your inquire in Bordeaux or along the Way in the medic about ferry Crossings on the Gironde to if you dont you May lose much of your Day waiting at Pointe de the ferry runs on a two hour should you miss the there Are num Erous pleasant Little cafes and terraces which usually serve mus Sels or other seafood of the Royan has almost regained its former was a wartime having been bombed by one raid completely wiped out the Center of the resort despite its perfect Sandy Royan in postwar years had not been Able to compete with the other Atlantic such As Biarritz and la Sev eral new hotels have been completed and More Are under a new festival Palace is in use for conventions and other special the Casino is Back in visitors we saw the devastation of five years ago would never recognize the streamlined Royan of from Good highways Lead on to Rochefort and la to Poitiers and Paris and to an Goleme and or if you wont to Complete the Circle and return to follow National High Way 730 to where you will be Back the wine More so than on the Side of the this District has old churches and among them is blames where the Duchess of Berry was held prisoner in 1832 for having instigated the uprising against the govern ment of farther secondary National Highway is a picturesque place perched on a Cliff Over the and nearby Tauriac and pal non where there Are caves with prehistoric the Highway crosses the Dordogne River at Andrede Culzac Over a Metal Bridge built by Gustave Eif of Tower having made the trip in a you should be descending upon Bordeaux at the four Lane Highway curves gracefully Down to the City and if the Sun has set you have a marvelous View of Bordeaux Spires and the waterfront cranes silhouetted against the Orange