November 20, 2009
What Do You Know About Beaujolais Nouveau?
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 what’s called “Beaujolais Nouveau Day” with a colossal celebration across France each year.
Since the wine – which certainly isn’t for snobs – makes such a splash each year, I thought I would throw out some questions and see if you can, ahem, arrive at the answers. What do you know about Beaujolais Nouveau? Let’s find out.