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.
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"I've got a bottle of Beaujolais in the fridge at the moment," she adds.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
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
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 ● 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
Top beaujolais can be had in the $20s to low $30s.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
This is a light, chillable red that reminds me of lambrusco without the fizz or beaujolais.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022
It reminded me at once of a fine cru beaujolais and an aromatic nebbiolo d’alba, two wines that don’t normally coexist in the same thought.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2021
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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