Pour yourself a lovely glass of 2006 Chateau Tour de Biot Bordeaux and say "Sante!" toward Tacoma City Hall. Tuesday night the Tacoma City Council passed resolution 38470 that designates Biot, France as Tacoma's newest sister city. Compared to other sister cities of Tacoma, Biot - pronounced "byutt" - is a bit on the diminutive side, and doesn't sport a port, byutt the picturesque and very popular medieval village rests on a hillside four kilometers from the Mediterranean beaches between Antilles and Nice. What Biot shares with Tacoma is a prominence in the arts world, especially glasswork and pottery.

Here are three of the most cork-popping facts about our new sister city on the French Rivera.

Biot kicks glass. The French village is known across the lands for its glass art. The master glassblowers at La Verrerie de Biot create unique works of art as well as everyday glassware. They are particularly famous for their bubble glass. The village even has its own glass museum, the Glass Ecomuseum.

The region is rich in fine clays, sand, manganese and even volcanic tufa for making the kilns. Amphorae - vase-shaped ceramics - made in Biot were exported worldwide, from Antibes and Marseilles, until the 18th century.

Biot accepted Tacoma as a sister city even though the French branch of the Golden Arches announced Tuesday that it will launch the McBaguette April 18 for six weeks in 1,230 of its restaurants in France. No, seriously.