From the sandy granite soils of the Les Thorins lieu-dit, this wine shows bright red cherry and raspberry, rose petal, and a ...

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 ...

Beaujolais wants to show you its serious side. For decades, this region between Burgundy and Lyon was known for juicy, grapy Beaujolais Nouveau, rushed to market after the harvest for a global party.

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 ...

Thanks to different growing conditions and winemaking practices, vintners in the Beaujolais region can produce a diverse range of red wines from the gamay grape each vintage. Bottles labelled under ...

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 ...

The entire Beaujolais region in France grows the Gamay grape, but where the vineyard is located determines the quality of the wine. Anne Quinn Corr Photo provided November in the United States means ...

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 ...

Beaujolais Nouveau Day, celebrated every third Thursday of November, marks the release of the first wine of the harvest season from the Beaujolais region in France. The longstanding tradition became ...