Beaujolais is a wine region cultivated — almost exclusively — with a single grape variety: Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc, or simply, Gamay. Employed to craft the iconic regional, Village, and Cru Beaujolais ...

Everybody's a critic. Back in 1395, Philip the Bold banned the Gamay grape from Burgundy, proclaiming it low and crappy (well, technically, "très mauvais et très desloyaus," or evil and disloyal). For ...

Every year, on the third Thursday of November (that's today!), Beaujolais Nouveau—the young, purple-pink wine made from the Gamay grape in France’s Beaujolais region, sold right after the vintage is ...

It’s an annual November tradition unlike any other. No, we aren’t talking about Thanksgiving. For those with a penchant for wine and others with deep appreciation for French culture, the third ...

You might have enjoyed a bottle of nouveau. But a whole other world of Beaujolais awaits. Jon Bonné considers the crus. All Beaujolais is not created alike. There’s the — notably those sold under the ...

Thursday November 21 is Beaujolais Nouveau Day in France, a time to celebrate new French wine, fresh from the harvest. After a downturn, Beaujolais wine is undergoing a resurgence (in a new guise).

Beaujolais. Just say it. Bo-zho-lay. Do you feel French? You should. It just feels good to say the name of one of the most famous wines in the world. And next Thursday, on Nov. 15, the release of the ...

You won't find gamay way up there on the wine hit parade. The grape that is synonymous with Beaujolais suffers from a reputation as the basis of mostly innocuous and largely forgettable light reds, ...

Each November, on the third Thursday of the month, the French giddily celebrate Beaujolais Nouveau. That’s when the fresh, fruity Gamay from the new vintage is rushed from the vineyards into shops and ...