Beaujolais Nouveau
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Topic: Beaujolais Nouveau
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Subject: Beaujolais Nouveau
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2019 at 19:37
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A rare drink these days but Mrs C brought a bottle back from the town today and its destined to be consumed tomorrow night with duck on the plate. Years since I've tried the stuff but on checking it was apparently available from yesterday. Anyone tried it this time around?
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Posted By: knightandday
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2019 at 19:47
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Sorry, but at less than 6 weeks from harvest to being on the shelves, it’s not for me. ------------- Winning isn't everything, it just makes the beer taste better |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2019 at 21:23
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Equally, I'd not given this much thought in recent decades. I recall going to Paris 25ish years ago and being surprised how big BN day was there at that time. Locals getting quite Huckleberryly Pear as they swigged it out of plastic glasses - most unParisian, I remember thinking... As European markets have declined - it seems they've been promoting to audiences further afield - https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191121_17/" rel="nofollow - https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191121_17/ https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191121_17/" rel="nofollow - https://www.euronews.com/2013/11/22/japanese-toast-new-vintage-with-beaujolais-nouveau-baths" rel="nofollow - https://www.euronews.com/2013/11/22/japanese-toast-new-vintage-with-beaujolais-nouveau-baths |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2019 at 19:36
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All that nostalgia about Paris brought back old memories of visits to Au Pied Au Cochon in the street by Les Halles so I braved Mrs C's wrath and negotiated deferring the duck in favour of steak & frits. I topped it off by hunting down a couple of cans of 1664 in St Ouens and some escargots which had probably been in the freezer far too long. The Beaujolais was probably overpriced but after drinking the 1664 it went down brilliantly with the steak & although I'll have a rioja with the duck tomorrow and do double dog walking duty to settle the wrath of Mrs C it was worth every penny. ------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: Stoatgobbler
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2019 at 13:04
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For some reason, my home city celebrates this every year. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/live-updates-beaujolais-day-swansea-15419370
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Posted By: knightandday
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2020 at 21:53
I take it all back. Got convinced by a supplier to put it on the shelves ,so I decided to try it for the first time in a while. Well worth a punt this year.
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knightandday wrote:Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2020 at 16:36
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There is now such a thing as English Nouveau - article in The Times recently... The West Midlands is perhaps the last place you might imagine taking on the might of the Burgundy wine region. Yet a Herefordshire vineyard has created the first British Beaujolais as English winemakers take on the French. The Sixteen Ridges estate near Ledbury will start selling its English Nouveau later this month in a direct challenge to Beaujolais Nouveau. Nouveau wines are different from normal wines. The speed of the fermenting process creates a lighter-bodied, paler drink with a fruitier, sweeter flavour. |
Posted By: knightandday
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2020 at 17:10
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Some pretty decent stuff being produced all over the UK now, not just in the South Downs heartland. The Montgomery Rondo from Powys and Ovens Farm Bacchus from the Lincolnshire Wolds are well worth trying ------------- Winning isn't everything, it just makes the beer taste better |
Posted By: Stoatgobbler
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2020 at 01:43
This year, it'll be a half hearted celebration. Still, we'll get pictures in the local papers. Fat, orange women drinking Prosecco. Roiders in tight shirts drinking pints of lager.
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2020 at 13:48
We used to be fairly regular visitors to Stockwith Mill Tearoom, which is literally a few hundred yards away - yet I never knew the vineyard existed. I can imagine the topography is perfect for wine there, knowing where it sits. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: Bill Sley
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2020 at 18:22
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In the " good ole days" (early 80s) Beaujolais Nouveau Day was a fantastic excuse to slurp early. As far as I recall there were people who drove it over to your 'local wine bar' from France :-) Willy's Wine Bar in Birmingham was one of those............happy days
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2020 at 19:58
Yes, but... it usually turned out to be utter slop. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2020 at 21:37
that was part of the fun Kimbo, you weren't meant to sip it - the taste improved immeasurably by the time you started the third pint...
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2020 at 23:34
I tried that approach once. Pass. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: greeneyed
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2020 at 10:30
| In these parts we prefer Tetley's Nouveau. At least we did when we could get anywhere near a clubhouse bar. |
Posted By: CJB1
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2020 at 11:18
Pass? Or pass out? ------------- "What I need is a strong drink and a peer group" |
Posted By: RedPete
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2020 at 12:16
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The Masons Arms in Taunton used to do a good Beaujolais Nouveau day, sadly the pub is no more. Landlord used to drive to France to get it but I have my doubts... ------------- There is truth and there is untruth, and if you cling to the truth even against the whole world, you are not mad. |
Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2020 at 12:25
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Just 'Pass'.
Can't be doing with it. You can buy drinkable wine for not much more. ------------- Our Club |