Beaujolais: Articles on France's Beaujolais Wine Region

In Part I of this series, Wines of Burgundy's Beaujolais Wine Region: Quality You Might Not Expect, I discussed the history of Beaujolais and Beaujolais Nouveau wines.  In Part II, I will continue that discussion, but more importantly, review the individual terroir and the producers of some very fine age worthy wines.

This is Part One of a Two Part Series on Beaujolais

Beaujolais is one of the most misunderstood wines in all of France.  Most people know Beaujolais Nouveau as the “grape drink” masquerading as wine that is released every November to much fanfare.  There is another side as well.  Beaujolais can be a complex wine capable of improving in a cellar and even the best producers can be purchased for reasonable pricing.  Beaujolais is a wine that every wine lover should get to know. 

Each year at 12:01 AM on the third Thursday of November, millions of bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau begin a journey from a little French village to locales across the globe. Wine stores and cafes enthusiastically greet these shipments with signs and banners proclaiming "Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!" "The New Beaujolais has arrived!". With this begins the annual celebration of the arrival of the French wine Beaujolais Nouveau, a celebration steeped in tradition, frivolity, grandeur, legend, and of course, fabulous wine.

The Hamlet of Wine - In the heart of the beaujolais crus is a wine experience in the Disney tradition. In the small village of Romanèche-Thorins, next to his corporate headquarters, Georges Dubœuf has created Le Hameau Du Vin or The Hamlet of Wine.

Exceeding Our Expectations

2004 Beaujolais Harvest Begins Under Sunny Skies
“The quality of the wine is born on the vine”

A Grand Vintage for Georges Duboeuf
EARLIEST HARVEST IN MORE THAN A CENTURY CONCLUDES AT AUGUST'S END

10 Fascinating Facts About Beaujolais Nouveau Every Wine Lover Should Know: