
This photo was taken from the observation deck of the 210-meter tall Tour Montparnasse and shows the southwest part of Paris, including the Eiffel Tower, the business district of La Défense and Les Invalides.
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Regardign Blending, there is currently a European Union scheme to allow a blend of red and white wines to be sold as rose. An overwhelming majority of French consumers are strongly opposed to this scheme. In France rosé is traditionally produced by leaving crushed red grapes to soak with macerating white grapes. But New World winemakers in Australia, South Africa and elsewhere have produced cheaper rosés by blending white and red roses. The European Commission, which is due to finalise reforms of the EU wine labelling system in June, has offered to compromise by giving French rosé wines a special designation to distinguish them from blended wines...