Beaujolais
noun
a wine-growing region in E France, in Rhône department.
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beaujolaisnoun(sometimes capital) a popular fresh-tasting red or white wine from southern Burgundy in France
Beaujolais
American
[boh-zhuh-ley]
/ ˌboʊ ʒəˈleɪ /
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Beaujolaises
plural
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a wine-growing region in E France, in Rhône department.
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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
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Producers of Loire Valley whites send 45 percent of their exports to the United States and Beaujolais sends 30 percent, whereas just 16 percent of champagne exports go to the US market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
"If the French have Beaujolais, we've got our mangoes," she says.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
A range of wines go by the name Beaujolais, all delicious in their individual ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
They do not have the bandwidth to engage in theatrical ooh-ing and ah-ing at that Beaujolais you're raving about.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023
In Harry’s shopping bag were a Bordeaux, a Beaujolais, and a Burgundy.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
No, I don’t mean beaujolais nouveau, released on the third Thursday of November as a celebration of the recent harvest.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
And beaujolais nouveau, with its grapy freshness, is the ideal partner for cranberry sauce.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2018
Your wine-snob friends may sneer, but like Thanksgiving, beaujolais nouveau is a celebration of the recent harvest, and it is conveniently released exactly one week before the turkey hits the table.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2018
He felt winemaking was being strangled by the demands of the market and the strictures of beaujolais AOC.
From The Guardian ● May 15, 2018
I am always on the lookout for cru beaujolais from Chiroubles and Moulin a Vent.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2016
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