Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Freedman covers wine, spirits, food, and travel. This article is more than 8 years old. Last month, I had the opportunity to ...

Cheap and delicious Pinot Noir is a rare find—what I like to call a unicorn wine, but there is hope for Pinot lovers in the form of cru Beaujolais. Yes, cru Beaujolais wines are made from Gamay grapes ...

Beaujolais is one of the most familiar regions in France, but ironically, the wine it's most famous for isn't even close to its best. Beaujolais Nouveau, which is released on the third Thursday of ...

There’s a certain cadre of wine drinkers who anxiously await the arrival of a very special Thursday in November for their chance to eat and drink (wine, natch) until they fall into a pleasure-induced ...

Have you been waiting for November to drink Beaujolais? I hope not! Beaujolais is so much more than the Beaujolais Nouveau released each November, just after harvest and just in time for Thanksgiving ...

You need to look at the fine print to find a Cru Beaujolais. The region south of Beaujolais has a bit of a self-image issue, feeling that the off-dry, fizzy Nouveau is too strongly associated with the ...

Now that Thanksgiving is past we can all let out a small sigh of relief. Except for wine retailers, who now begin the struggle to sell off the annual river of Beaujolais Nouveau that invariably gets ...

A few months ago, I wrote a wine column here about older, full-bodied red wines under $30 from France's Beaujolais region. I figured that was that for a while. No need to return to wines from there.

This time of year we see the release of Beaujolais Nouveau – a sassy, young, fruity, thirst-quenching wine. Since 1985 the third Thursday of November has been the official release date. If the wine is ...

Christophe Pacalet's 2007 Chiroubles. Beaujolais is a unique wine region. It occupies the southern tip of Burgundy, yet no one would consider it wines Burgundian, as they are made from different ...

Beaujolais is a lovely French region sandwiched between Burgundy and Lyon. Last century, it was known for its kitschy, flash-in-the-pan plonk — Beaujolais nouveau. Today, it is known for being the ...

If you’ve been to any trendy wine bar within the last several years, you’ve probably seen a Beaujolais on the list. Beaujolais is a region in France, located directly south of Burgundy, that’s famous ...