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'''Bordeaux''' is an ancient port city on the estuary of the Garonne River in south-east France. Settlement there is dated to pre-[[Roman]] times, but the town only came to prominence in the 12th century as the capital of the county of [[Gascony]] within the Duchy of [[Aquitaine]] as the chief wine exporting port for the region.
'''Bordeaux''' is an ancient port city on the estuary of the Garonne River in south-east France. Settlement there is dated to pre-[[Roman]] times, but the town only came to prominence in the 12th century as the capital of the county of [[Gascony]] within the Duchy of [[Aquitaine]] as the chief wine exporting port for the region.