http://www.drvino.com/2012/11/16/beaujolais-nouveau-hold-nouveau/ wine talk that goes down easy Sat, 18 May 2013 23:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.drvino.com/2012/11/16/beaujolais-nouveau-hold-nouveau/#comment-401954 Carine Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:28:37 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11704#comment-401954 The beaujolais Nouveau day is getting tired in France too! This marketing strategy has damaged the image of the region in most of consumers’ mind! It is time to move on…

]]> http://www.drvino.com/2012/11/16/beaujolais-nouveau-hold-nouveau/#comment-401099 Barney Lehrer Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:44:44 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11704#comment-401099 Actually I attended an event yesterday that was hosted by Franck Duboeuf, son of George Duboeuf, Jacques Pepin and Peter Deutsch. And for ounce the nouveau (or at least the Duboeuf) actually tasted like wine! Maybe something has changed.

]]> http://www.drvino.com/2012/11/16/beaujolais-nouveau-hold-nouveau/#comment-401094 CrewCutter Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:59:10 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11704#comment-401094 I couldn’t agree more! Beaujolais Cru is fantastic stuff, but it gets lost in the Nouveau hype. And like you said, Nouveau is underwhelming. My extended view:
http://greatfermentations.tumblr.com/post/35774236122/just-say-no-to-beaujolais-nouveau

]]> http://www.drvino.com/2012/11/16/beaujolais-nouveau-hold-nouveau/#comment-401092 Justin Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:44:03 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11704#comment-401092 Not to be a wiseass, but it seems to me that if the effect of Beaujolais Nouveau is to give the whole region a bad brand and thereby depress prices of top crus, this is good for the discerning consumer, no? I’d rather pay 20 bucks for great Morgon than 30 bucks.

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