Beaujolais Nouveau at the Thanksgiving table
Monday 22 November 2021

Back in 2018, when Jancis suggested in Beaujolais – a useful alternative to burgundy that beaujolais was 'a great choice for large gatherings and the sort of food typically served to celebrate Thanksgiving', she most certainly was not referring to Beaujolais Nouveau. But Tam suggests a rethink…
As I mentioned in my recent Beaujolais Nouveau tasting article, it was an idle WhatsApp chat about Thanksgiving food and wine that led to my first-ever formal tasting of Beaujolais Nouveau. So, it seemed only proper that I should test our hypothesis that this scorned category of wine might be bold enough...
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