1903

Bordeaux: A very small crop size and a vintage that did not make much of an impact on people' s memories. This vintage seemed to be slightly jinxed : first, there was a succession of spring frosts on the 11th, 15th and 18th April ; then a hailstorm on 17th July... The summer was generally mediocre, but in the end the weather was fine and hot during the harvest.

The 19th of July, the first edition of the most important cycling trial, the Tour of France, ends in Paris. With a participation of 60 racing cyclists (only 20 reached the ending line), the French Maurice Garin was the winner. The 6th of October, in Berlin, we perform a speed test with a locomotive of the Siemens firm which reached the 200km/h for the first time in the History. First premonition of the TGV. The 17th of December, we make the first flight in a motorized plane. Orville Wright succeeded to maintain the plane in the air during 12 seconds crossing a distance of 70m.