Beaujolais

American

[boh-zhuh-ley] / ˌboʊ ʒəˈleɪ /

noun

plural

Beaujolaises

a wine-growing region in E France, in Rhône department.
a dry, fruity red Burgundy wine from this region that does not age and usually must be drunk within a few months after it is made.

beaujolais British

/ ˈbəʊʒəˌleɪ /

noun

(sometimes capital) a popular fresh-tasting red or white wine from southern Burgundy in France

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If your family leans wine, pick a single bottle that actually suits the meal: something crisp and acidic like a zippy Sauvignon Blanc, a light-bodied floral Beaujolais or even a gently funky orange wine.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

A range of wines go by the name Beaujolais, all delicious in their individual ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Things came to a head on Beaujolais Day 2022 - a French event that toasts the wine harvest every November, that has become popular in Wales.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024

If you’re looking for the literary scene in New York, you may want to drop in at Elaine’s, a shadowy but cheery East Side bar where authors meet for Beaujolais and bon mots.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Mommy was a connoisseur of ministers; she knew them the way a French wine connoisseur knows Beaujolais red from Vouvray white.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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