Beaujolais Nouveau

[boh-zhuh-ley noo-voh, boh-zhaw-le noo-voh]

noun

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

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.

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

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

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"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.

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"In difficult periods, people hang onto traditions. Even during a war, we want to celebrate Christmas, even during a pandemic, we want to celebrate the Beaujolais Nouveau," he said.

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