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Beaujolais

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Beau·jo·lais 1  (bzh-l)
A hilly region of east-central France west of the Saône River between Mâcon and Lyon. It is noted for its wine.
Beau·jo·lais 2  (bzh-l)
n.
A light red table wine made from the gamay grape.
[After Beaujolais1.]
beaujolais [ˈbəʊʒəˌleɪ]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (sometimes capital) a popular fresh-tasting red or white wine from southern Burgundy in France
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Noun1.Beaujolais - dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France
red wine - wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes
Burgundy wine, Burgundy - red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)
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19 Kyodo This year's Beaujolais Nouveau was released in Japan midnight Wednesday, with the wine 10 percent cheaper than a year earlier as the global economic slump has forced consumers to tighten their purse strings.
This year's Beaujolais Nouveau released in Japan at low prices by Japan Weekly Monitor
Japan's craze for Beaujolais nouveau has beaten the global recession, with tourists taking a dip Thursday in a hot mountain spring coloured red with the fruity wine.
Beaujolais nouveau hot in Japan - literally by AFP / AFP Global Edition
For turkey day, or any large gathering with lots of different foods, my go-to wine is Beaujolais, and I don't mean the overmarketed Beaujolais Nouveau -- a cheap plonk meant for early quaffing that almost ruined the true purpose of Beaujolais.
WINTER WINES FOR EVERY OCCASION by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
 
 
 
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