Beaujolais Nouveau

American  

[boh-zhuh-ley noo-voh, boh-zhaw-le noo-voh] / ˌboʊ ʒəˈleɪ nuˈvoʊ, boʊ ʒɔ lɛ nuˈvoʊ /

noun

1. the first Beaujolais wine of the season, usually available for sale within two months after the grapes are harvested.

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Example Sentences

One Beaujolais that won’t be on my table is Beaujolais Nouveau, the fruity, frothy wine released each year on the third Thursday in November.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s the Beaujolais nouveau,” he said.

From New York Times

No, I don’t mean beaujolais nouveau, released on the third Thursday of November as a celebration of the recent harvest.

From Washington Post

Every autumn on the third Thursday of November, wine growers from the Beaujolais region market the first bottles of the year's harvest in the annual "Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé" campaign that started in the 1960s.

From Reuters

"The year has been quite hard weather-wise and the grapes have required more manual work than usual, only for us to end up losing around 30% of the harvest. That's too much work for such meagre results," said Beaujolais Nouveau winemaker Julien Revillon in Villie-Morgon, north of Lyon.

From Reuters