Every year, on the third Thursday in November, the world’s fastest wine, from picking to bottling, hits the world-wide market with tsunami of marketing hype. That wine is Beaujolais Nouveau. Beaujolais Nouveau Day is marked in France with fireworks, music and festivals. And it’s not just France. It’s worldwide phenomenon. In fact in Japan, which imports nearly…
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Exploring Cru Beaujolais: A Great Everyday Red Wine #Winophiles
This month the French #Winophiles take a virtual trip to Beaujolais. Between Beaujolais Nouveau and Thanksgiving, Beaujolais seems to mostly be a seasonal wine. But it can be more than in a seasonal (holiday) wine. I explore its possibilities as an “everyday” red wine. My inspiration to explore Beaujolais as an everyday red wine came…