Today is the third Thursday of November – which for wine lovers is a
day to stay inside and avoid the hype of “Le Beaujolais nouveau est
arrivee”. But I’ve always loved nouveau, and I wrote about it in
November 1999, in my second e-mail newsletter, Dave McIntyre’s WineLine.
Someone recently said WineLine was one of the first wine blogs; I
dunno, no one had invented the word “blog” then, and it took me years to
put it on a website. I still don’t post as regularly as I should, or
would like to. That’s because I have deadlines for articles that people
pay me for, and well, I have a life. But here’s what I wrote about
Beaujolais Nouveau back in 1999, to the few people who had given me
their e-mail addresses and said they would like to read my writings. I
offer it now to the few subscribers of this blog, or whatever it should
be called. Cheers!
Early issues of Dave McIntyre’s WineLine are archived on Robin Garr’s WineLover’s Page.
Well done, Dave, as always. I miss that Beringer gamay.
Thanks, Dave, for the reminder of days gone by when it was a tradition
(in my group, at least) to drink the newly released BNouveau from
release day through Thanksgiving weekend…sort of a kickoff to the
holidays.