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Le Beaujolais Nouveau Est Arrivé!

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Celebrate this year's Beaujolais Nouveau harvest with a toast.

By Jesseka Kadylak   Published Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Thursday, November 20: Beaujolais Not-so-Nouveau
The International Club of DC and the French Wine Society are throwing a happy hour featuring appetizers and a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau (additional glasses will be available at a price per glass). Upgrade to the VIP tasting room to enjoy Crus such as Beaujolais, Beaujolais Village, Morgon, Chirouble, Saint Amour, Fleury, Regnie, Moulin-a-Vent, Julienas, Chenas, Brouilly, and Cotes de Brouilly. 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Happy-hour-only tickets are $17 for members and $19 for non-members; VIP tickets (which include happy hour) cost $53 for members and $59 for non-members.

Thursday, November 20 through Wednesday, November 26: Beaujolais Nouveau dinner menu
At Mon Ami Gabi in Bethesda, executive chef Terry Lynch will create Beaujolais-inspired dishes to go with wine offerings. The menu will include oysters with a corn mignonette; cream-of-garlic soup with cabbage, flageolet beans, and ham hock; a roast-chicken sandwich with Camembert cheese, pears, and pineapple-sage aïoli; pan-seared arctic char with red potatoes, caramelized garlic, and Beaujolais-and-bacon sauce; and black-currant sorbet with red-wine syrup for dessert. Select Beaujolais Nouveau wines will be available for purchase. Call 301-654-1234 to make reservations.

Friday, November 21: Beaujolais Nouveau wine and cheese party
The Alliance Francaise de Washington invites you to listen to French accordion music while sipping the much-anticipated wine at the cultural center. Members $25, non-members $35; 6:30 to 9:30.

Friday, November 21: 2008 Beaujolais Nouveau
The French International Culinary Society and the French-American Chamber of Commerce will hold this year’s Beaujolais networking event at the Washington Club in Dupont. Chefs from L’Academie de Cuisine, Bistrot Lepic, Et Voila!, and more will prepare the meal while guests enjoy the 2008 wine harvest in addition to other wines and cocktails. Business attire is required for the occasion. 6 to 9; $70 for members, $80 for non-members.

Friday, November 21 and Saturday, November 22: High-end Beaujolais Nouveau
Since the exchange-rate of the Euro is so poor, getting the new wine is quite pricey, according to the manager at Central Michel Richard. This year he decided to offer an older Beaujolais Nouveau by the glass, and pair it with a complimentary glass of a different wine. All day; $10 per glass. 202-626-0015.

Know of a Beaujolais Nouveau event that we forgot? Let us know in the comments.

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Comments

We went to the Alliance Francaise event Friday night which was fun filled as well as people filled. What a great institution for Washington, D.C. to have. If you haven’t had a chance to go by you should. The wine flowed endlessly and there was lots of wonderful cheese and bread. The music was fun, different and entertaining...as was the D.J. who came later in the evening. Great fun and this year’s Beaujolais is as always Fantastic!

Posted by: Michael Vallen, Nov 23, 2008 04:37:21 PM

Hello Jesseka,
The Beaujolais Not-so-Nouveau Festival is actually organized by GiraMondo Wine Adventures. French Wine Society and International Club of DC are participating in this event. So is Washington Wine Academy. Being a native of Lyon and the Beaujolais region, I wanted to make sure that wine aficionados learned that there is much more than the nouveau and could discover all 12 appellations of Beaujolais if they wanted to.

Posted by: Laurent Guinand, Nov 20, 2008 11:56:29 AM

Hello Jesseka,
The Beaujolais Not-so-Nouveau Festival is actually organized by GiraMondo Wine Adventures. French Wine Society and International Club of DC are participating in this event. So is Washington Wine Academy. Being a native of Lyon and the Beaujolais region, I wanted to make sure that wine aficionados learned that there is much more than the nouveau and could discover all 12 appellations of Beaujolais if they wanted to.

Posted by: Laurent Guinand, Nov 20, 2008 11:55:57 AM

Hey Jesseka --

Re the Central listing: Do you mean complimentary as in free? Or do you mean complementary as in that which completes? Major difference (you might want to look up the words in this nifty thing called a dictionary), especially when the bill arrives.

Posted by: Ruth, Nov 20, 2008 08:46:27 AM

Vive le Beaujolais Nouveau !
Vive la France !
And Vive Obama !

Posted by: John, Nov 20, 2008 05:34:59 AM

Enjoyed this article, but I must point out that Nouveau is, in fact, corked before the third Thurs. in November--how else could it get here in time? All sarcasm aside, winemakers can appeal to the French government for earlier release dates for Nouveau. This year was just such a year. The reason for this was so the wine could be shipped by boat instead of by air, thus keeping its cost down for American consumers.

Posted by: genevelyn, Nov 19, 2008 07:32:28 PM

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