Bordeaux

In the real world, Bordeaux is a 14-year-old girl named Nina Kircheis. Her father is German and her mother is Japanese. When she was ten, her parents divorced and she moved to Toyama, Japan. She has a prideful personality and isn't good at dealing with change, so this part of her life was filled with stress. She discovered The World during her first year of middle school, and used it as an outlet for all the bitterness she had built up inside. She later became obsessed with Haseo.

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Dogue de Bordeaux is the original descendant of numerous Dogue breeds that were the ancient residents in France. By the middle of 19th century these ancient residents breeds of French Dogues suddenly died away except for the province Alvitanny, where they were particularly numerous and esteemed. The French Dogues did not appear in identical forms in al French provinces. They served their breeders depending on a province or on assignment in different ways, namely for hunting big game, for dog fights, in war, for looking after cattle and to help butchers in slaughter-houses. These dogs were described as early as 14th century. The European Dogues are the descendants of big dogs that came to Europe from the area between India and China across Tibet, Mezopotamy to Epirus, the small kingdom in ancient Greece 3000 years ago.

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Bordeaux has 57 appellations, each known for different styles of wine. Regions like Pauillac or St.-Emilion are relatively recognizable, but the less famous regions like Premieres Cotes de Blaye or Fronsac that produce the best values are unfamiliar to American shoppers.

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The first Bishop of Bordeaux known to history, Orientalis, is mentioned at the Council of Arles, in 314. By the close of the fourth century Christianity had made such progress in Bordeaux that a synod was held there (385-386) for the purpose of adopting measures against the Priscillianists, whose heresy had caused popular disturbances. This was during the episcopate of Delphinus (380-404), who attended the Council of Saragossa in 380 and maintained correspondence with St. Ambrose and with St. Paulinus of Nola. At the beginning of the fifth century a mysterious personage who, according to St. Gregory of Tours, came from the East, appeared at Bordeaux. This was St. Seurin (or Severinus), in whose favour Bishop Amand abdicated the see from 410 to 420, resuming it after Seurin's death and occupying it until 432. In the sixth century Bordeaux had an illustrious bishop in the person of Leontius II (542-564), a man of great influence who used his wealth in building churches and clearing lands and whom the poet Fortunatus calls patrioe caput.

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Despite this apparent metamorphosis, there are many facets of the region that remain unchanged, and the traditional birds-eye view of Bordeaux still largely holds true. With the passage of time proprietors will come and go, and oenologists' fees may wax and wane, but some things are seemingly immutable. It is likely to be old news to readers of this guide that the top left bank wines tend to feature Cabernet Sauvignon from gravelly terroirs, and that those of the right bank tend to favour Merlot (or occasionally Cabernet Franc), and here limestone and clay (and sand) are more prominent. And that Sauvignon Blanc is not just found in New Zealand and Sancerre, but is ... one of several grape varieties utilised in producing the world's most sought after sweet wine, Yquem, as well as a number of very noble dry wines capable of cellaring for many years. And that one of those other varieties is Semillon, which also seems to have settled nicely in Australia's Hunter Valley where it makes some very admirable dry wines. Although obvious to some, these maxims (or perhaps generalisations would be a more apt description) are important cogs in the machine that is Bordeaux, and thus this guide must make mention of them.

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The Duchy of Aquitaine, with Bordeaux as its capital city, was created by King Dagobert (629-638). Duke Huon probably never existed but is the main character of the eponymic chanson de geste (XIIIth century). According to the legend, Huon inadvertently killed a son of Charlemagne and was sentenced to exile. To be forgiven, he was sent to Babylon, where he had to cut the beard of the Emir, pulled him four molars and married his daughter. He was helped in his adventures by the elf Oberon, who started later a new career thanks to Will Shakespeare. Duke Guillaume Tête d'Etoupe (William Tow-Head) was more real and married his daughter to King of France Hugues Capet, becoming therefore the root of the Capetian dynasty.

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