Bordeaux

1,300-Year-Old Necropolis Discovered Near Bordeaux's Sainte-Croix Church

White stone walls of medieval abbey's cloister uncovered, 'surprisingly well preserved'.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ornamental detail of the Eglise Sainte-Croix (Church of the Holy Cross) a romanesque catholic abbey church in Bordeaux.
CHÂTEAU DUCRU Beaucaillou, Second Classed Growth. Note the Israel flag flying to honor Martin Sinkoff’s visit there.

Wine Talk: Drinking with your mind

Bordeaux is at a pinnacle because of the size of the region, the quality of the wines, the aristocratic image they continually polish and their staying power over centuries.

|ByADAM MONTEFIORE
Quatzenheim cemetery in eastern France.

French Jewish cemetery vandalized. Police say it wasn’t antisemitic

Drunk students smashed several headstones at the only functioning Jewish cemetery in Bordeaux. “At face value, this had nothing to do with antisemitism,” a police official said.

|ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA