Bordeaux and its wine have played a significant role in the very long and difficult history of establishing peaceful relations between France and its royal neighbor across the Channel, a matter materialized by the Entente Cordiale, signed on April 8. 1904 between the two countries. In 1895, the Girondin Committee for Universal Exhibitions took advantage of the thirteenth Bordeaux Exhibition, organized from 1is may have 1is November 1895 by the Philomathic Society, to invite the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Joseph Renals, to visit the Gironde capital and its vineyards. History to strengthen the bonds of friendship between London and Paris, but also (and above all) to promote the sale of wines from the region across the Channel.
“Let’s do trade, not war! “
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