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Beaujolais Nouveau 2011

MoIppai — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:54:57 +0000

It’s coming up to that Beaujolais Nouveau time of the year again, and due to time differences Japan always gets it first, and is probably the only country that still gets excited about it.

The convenience stores have pre-order flyers so you can make sure you get yours as soon as possible.

Beaujolais Nouveau 2011

My boss always gets everyone 2 bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau each year, and hopefully this year won’t be any different.

Mind you, I wasn’t very impressed with last years wine, so fingers crossed it’s better in 2011.

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Beaujolais Nouveau 2009

MoIppai — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:33:14 +0000

Beaujolais Villages Nouveau 2009

I wasn’t intending to rush out and buy a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau this year, I was just going to buy it when the opportunity arose, but on the 19th the boss of my company gave everyone 2 bottles as a gift.
Very nice!

This was one of them and a pretty good Beaujolais Nouveau it was too. (Review is here)
Fresh, fruity and lively.

Not sure how much it costs as obviously it was a gift, but apparently, in Japan at least, they are cheaper (about 10%) than last year, with most going for between ￥2000-2500 ($20-$25).

One company has actually decided to sell Beaujolais Nouveau in recyclable plastic bottles, reducing the cost even more. I think these go for about ￥800 ($8).
Would like to try one of those just to see what wine from a PET (plastic) bottle tastes like.

I have one more bottle to try which I’m sure I’ll be opening in the next week or so.

Beaujolais Nouveau 2009 in Japan

MoIppai — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:13:35 +0000

Due to the time differences Japan gets each years fresh batch of Beaujoulais Nouveau before any other country in the world. And so, beaujolais nouveau is a big thing here with people rushing to get the first bottles the day and even night, that they arrive.

Beaujoulais Nouveau in Japan from the Convenience Store

I saw in the local convenience store that pamphlets have already appeared for pre-booking your bottle so you get it onh the 18th November before anyone else.

You also get ￥300 off!

There was also an advert in the paper this morning, a hotel is holding a wine tasting on the night of the 17th for ￥8000 ($80) you get to taste 5 different Beaujolais Nouveau’s from 11pm-1am.

I think I’ll wait and pick one up whenever though.

Edit (7th Nov 09): I was just reading in Oishinbo: Sake: A la Carte (a Japanese manga by Tetsu Kariya, primarily about food but recently an English language compilation of the sake/wine stories has been released – highly recommended if you want to learn more about sake and Japanese wineries), about how the rush to be the first to try Beaujolais Nouveau came about.

According to the manga, it was originally a local wine drunk at festivals to celebrate the harvest. However in the mid 1960s the British began a race to see who could bring the Beaujolais Nouveau back to London first after the release date.
This fad then grew worldwide.

You learn something new every day.