Nuovo Beaujolais

I first experienced Nuovo Beaujolais back in 1989. I was in the Latin Quarter in Paris sitting in a Greek restaurant called "Octo something". Suddenly I noticed that everyone had the same bottle of wine in front of them. ME TOO was my first thought. Nuovo Beaujolais

It wasn't for a few years later that Patrick Elliot Smith, a friend of mine and vinter from Napa Valley explained the Nuovo Beaujolais to me. Nuovo Beaujolais of course means New Beaujolais wine. Patrick explained that contests were held in Paris to see who could get a case of the Beaujolais to a Paris location first and people would employ helicopters and such in order to win. Ahh... pre 911. These days it would never get past security...