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| Beaujolais nouveau wine makes you feel young when you drink it! |
Wine enthusiasts all over the world turn their attention to the bucolic Beaujolais region in France every third Thursday in November for the release of the "Nouveau", the new wine of the current year's vintage. Release parties are held in caveaux all over the region, and it is the cause for much feasting and dancing when the trucks depart at midnight to rush the wine to waiting markets all over the world. I was there for the Nouveau celebration twenty years ago and we went to a banquet for 100 celebrants in a huge wine cellar at a winery owned by one of the cousin's of my friend Nathalie Fraisse. At the stroke of midnight everyone went outside to cheer on the trucks as they roared off with a police escort. Subsequent partying took place all over the region on the days following, with wine cellar open houses, parties and barrel tastings right on the roads.
Our November tour will take place from Saturday November 10 to Saturday, November 17. We will meet in Lyon and then proceed to the village of Cogny about 45 minutes away, to install ourselves at
Les Buis du Chardonnet for a week of living like French people, savoring every bite and sip. Cost for the tour, which will include lodging, meals, wine, cooking classes and admission to special events will be @ $1500 per person, not including airfare and hotel stay in Lyon, if that is necessary.
More details coming soon!
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