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  • A couple of weeks ago we had a rose sparkler called Bouvet Rose Brut that was excellent with smoked 1/2 chickens and potatoes that were baked up in the coals.

    On Rosé - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • When we are looking for a lower-priced bubbly, we tend to go with Prosecco from Italy or Cava from Spain, but we wanted a French sparkler, so we tried a few of the better-known names, such as Bouvet and Kriter.

    A Gallic Journey, Without Leaving Home 2009

  • Writing last week in L'Equipe, the bible of French sports, Philippe Bouvet wrote that "this year has wiped away the two-speed cycling of the past where the French were often mocked."

    The Sound of Frenchmen Gloating John W. Miller 2011

  • Bouvet and Durozoi also give us scenes from avant-garde theater and film, like the photograph above from Ren é Le Somptier ' s ' Le P ' tit Parigot ' 1926, its arresting look courtesy of artists Sonia and Robert Delaunay.

    Photo-Op: Torrid Days by the Seine 2010

  • The Frenchman, Bouvet (1738), was the first to follow the southern ice-pack for any considerable distance, and to bring reports of the immense, flat-topped Antarctic icebergs.

    The South Pole~ The History of the South Pole 2009

  • In the course of his voyage to the south Cook passed 300 miles to the south of the land reported by Bouvet, and thereby established the fact that the land in question -- if it existed -- was not continuous with the great southern continent.

    The South Pole~ The History of the South Pole 2009

  • Bouvet Islandcovered by glacial ice; declared a nature reserve

    Geography-note 2008

  • Bouvet Islandvolcanic; coast is mostly inaccessible

    Terrain 2008

  • He concluded it, therefore, to be very probable, that what Bouvet took for land was nothing but mountains of ice, surrounded by loose or field ice.

    Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

  • He concluded it, therefore, to be very probable, that what Bouvet took for land was nothing but mountains of ice, surrounded by loose or field ice.

    Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

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