Comments on: So, I Did the Beaujolais Nouveau Thing …

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:28:38 +0000

BN – never been impressed or even faintly enjoyed any. The excitment in the UK has well and truely past.

By: Big Mike

Big Mike — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:37:01 +0000

This will be my last year. The wine available for $12.99 – $15.99 that is better, is boundless. The wine really wasn’t that good either. Remember the days of $6.99???

By: bill huddleston

bill huddleston — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:28:54 +0000

Real men don’t drink beaujolais.

By: Dr. Debs

Dr. Debs — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:19:37 +0000

I think it’s on its last legs, frankly. What with global warming, more savvy consumers, and (shocking!) some people at least actually drinking cru beaujolais it was all bound to fade as a cultural phenomenon.

I’ve got a bottle of the Duboeuf. I drank my bottles of Bouchard already with pizza. Thanksgiving is not the place for BN, in my opinion. The Sunday after Thanksgiving, watching tv and eating leftovers made into sandwiches for lunch IS the thing for BN.

By: Terry Hughes

Terry Hughes — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:33:31 +0000

I’m sure we could come up with another excuse for a party without too much trouble. Like maybe the firing of Domenico Terenzi?

By: Fredric Koeppel

Fredric Koeppel — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:27:04 +0000

Perhaps we have seen the end of B.N. as a worldwide phenomenon, though these things can take years to fall back to a sane level.

By: Terry Hughes

Terry Hughes — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:23:23 +0000

The nouveau phenom isn’t limited to France, unfortunately. Italy seems to have caught the bug, although it has peaked there too.

The other day I had a passable Italian nouveau in a trattoria in Rome. Not bad, as these things go. But to make a big deal about it, come on (“ma dai!”).