The entire Beaujolais region in France grows the Gamay grape, but where the vineyard is located determines the quality of the wine. November in the United States means Thanksgiving, the one holiday we ...

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 IS a wine of many identities and, often, little respect—thanks primarily to Beaujolais Nouveau, the cheap, barely fermented wine that arrives each November accompanied by the rallying cry ...

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 ...

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).

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 ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. At the tail end of Burgundy—France’s revered wine region whose Côte-d’Or slopes are praised as pinot noir’s ...

Beaujolais Nouveau Day arrives every third Thursday in November—as do about 65 million bottles of red wine just two months old. Throughout France, posters like this one are hung in bars, restaurants ...

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 ...