Beaujolais

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• A Drinkable Beauj Nouv

  
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  About a week ago I was very surprised when my friends at La Cave des Papilles  told me that Hervé Villemade , the wine maker in the Loire, had left me something. It was a shiny new case of Quoi d’Neuf? I’d made the label for Hervé three years ago and he reissued it all over  France  during the  Beaujolais ...
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• Author and Wine Writer Michael Steinberger Visits Wine Library TV- Part 2 – Episode #778

  
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  Concluding the interview, Gary Vaynerchuk and Michael Steinberger discuss other difficulties in the wine world…and they taste some wine! Having trouble viewing this video? Try the Quicktime version . Wines tasted in this episode: 2008 Terres Dorees Beaujolais Blanc Beaujolais 2006 ...
  6 days ago

• Beaujolais 2007

  
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  Beaujolais 2007 And now for something completely different. A Beaujolais 2007 taste off, Morgon Vs Fleurie with my good friend and wine blogger, the Wine Sleuth. A great way to finish off this Novembers final blog entry as we turn our attentions away from the Italian wine for just a ...
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• Ministry plonks for booze reduction

  
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  Heads of state and other world leaders are often perceived as having a taste for the finer things in life. But any bigwigs planning to stop by Japan’s foreign ministry might have to start limiting their expectations. The country said it would reduce the foreign ministry’s collection of wine that is served ...
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• Selling Wine to Korean Women

  
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  ( Source ) Writing about sexual symbolism in advertisements for so long, it takes a lot to shock or surprise me these days. Still, I confess I burst out laughing at this one. Lest you feel that my sense of humor is a little crass however, then perhaps you need the context. Last week, I was skimming an article ...
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• Do You Buy Beaujolais Nouveau to Celebrate the Harvest?

  
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  Source: Flickr User jetalone Do You Buy Beaujolais Nouveau to Celebrate the Harvest? Yes, I love the fun, casual spirit of the Beaujolais Nouveau! Sometimes; it depends on the year. No, Im not a fan of Beaujolais Nouveau. Whats Beaujolais Nouveau?
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• Mini-reviews 8: Beaujolais nouveau, Pomelo, Wily Jack, Las Perdices

  
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  Reviews of wines that don’t need their own post, but are worth noting for one reason or another. Look for it on the final weekday of each month. · Georges DuBoeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2009 ($12, purchased ): The Wine Curmudgeon, disappointed with the continuing decline in quality of the Nouveau, has stopped ...
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• The Beaujolais Breakfast

  
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  Image: Jessica Melling Saturday’s Beaujolais Breakfast raised £2,633 for Marie Curie Cancer Care, a result double any previous year and proof that it is possible to have a fabulous time while doing good things for others. The day was a scream from start to finish. I have only made to writing about it in my ...
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• Weygandts Beaujolais "Primeur" 2009

  
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  Wine lovers tend to frown upon Beaujolais Nouveau as a cynical marketing gimmick, but we really should think of it as a fun celebration of the recent harvest. It’s Thanksgiving time, after all, and what is the National Day of...
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• 2009 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau...

  
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  I almost forgot to post about this years Beaujolais Nouveau. I have a glass here, right in front of me, and I have to say that it is the very best Beaujolais Nouveau since probably some time in the early 1990s. Incredibly well-balanced between dry and fruity, it has a buttery finish, and a bouquet reminiscent of a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Red or White for Thanksgiving? BOTH!

  
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  Or as I always say, "Open one of everything!" But heres my take on the food/wine pairing conundrum for this Thanksgiving, in Sundays Washington Post special Food section, with wine recommendations paired to featured recipes. Note the commenter who didnt...
  2 weeks ago

• Toasting a Marketing Ploy

  
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  Sometime in the postwar years, some commercial genius sitting behind a desk in Lyon came up with a brilliant plan. Take the gamay grapes harvested at the end of the summer, and rather than letting the wine mature according to the traditional methods, bottle it up and sell it quick. No, better than that, call it ...
  2 weeks ago

• 30 Days of Thanks :: 21

  
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  Today I am thankful for... my mom vacuuming my house and doing the laundry while I took the girls to a tortuous (for me) birthday party (at our pitiful equivalent to a Chuck-E-Cheese, ugh) my successful first attempt at making...
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• BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU – FRANCE’S GREAT QUAFFING RED WINE.

  
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  Beaujolais, a light red wine vented exclusively using gamay, has delighted millions. It is, when well made and from a successful vintage, enchanting, easy-to-drink, uncomplicated, and goes with many different foods. You can enjoy a glass in between meals, with meals, snacks, sandwiches, in short it as a versatile ...
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• What I’m Drinking Now: Thanksgiving

  
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  Thanksgiving is such a joyous holiday.  A time to give thanks for the good, recognize the gracious, and celebrate good food…and wine.  I get questions all the time about what is really the best wine to serve with the huge Thanksgiving meal, especially since many of these occur in the middle of the day.  Here are ...
  2 weeks ago

• Revenge is a dish perhaps best not served at the Mayor of Malmesburys cheese and wine-tasting soirée

  
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  Now, it’s not really like me to think of avenging a small slight… Ok, it probably is like me to think of avenging a small slight – big slights I can usually overlook; small slights, however, for some reason seem to take slightly longer. Small slights can sometimes really seem to get under my skin and rankle ...
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• Beaujolais Nouveau 2009 Bouchard Aine & Fils Wine Review by Billy

  
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  Nose: Creamy Cherry and blueberry Palate: Soft tannins and acids make this quite accessible and easy going down. Not as much body as the others tasted. Finish: blueberry. Overall: A wonderfully fruity and easy drinking celebration wine. This wine sells for about 10-11 dollars but I got it for 6! Raise a Glass! ...
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• Beaujolais Nouveau? Anyone?

  
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  JAKE DE PAUL: I WOULD LIKE SOME PLEASE >>> It’s that time of year again. Beaujolais Nouveau , the celebratory wine traditionally released the week before Thanksgiving, has been released. What is now a firmly ingrained tradition began decades ago as a way of celebrating the end of the harvest. The ...
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• What Do You Know About Beaujolais Nouveau?

  
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  As the French like to proclaim: Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé ! Raise your glass, because Beaujolais Nouveau - the first wine of the harvest season in the Northern Hemisphere - has finally arrived. Yesterday was the annual release date for the wine, which is welcomed on whats called "Beaujolais Nouveau Day" with ...
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• Today’s Top 5: Friday

  
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  Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 20, 2009 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing. • Free Music Night, “Rat’s Nest Harvest Hoedown,” featuring  Bill Noonan & the Barbed Wires, Brandon Kirkley, The Loose Lugnuts, and The Pistoleros at ...
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