Possible Clues:

• It provided a bridge to the Papacy
• French city with bridge
• A Côtes-du-Rhone — good little number — cellared here?
• A French wine, good little number stocked in this town?
• In van go round city
• City on Rhône river in which placard's top has come off
• Noted place for bridge from six to midnight, stopping soon
• Gin cocktail swallowed by rising star in French city
• Gin cocktail swallowed by English river or French city
• Noted scene of dancing at a bridge party?