Now And Zin Wine

Here's another nice value wine from Trader Joe's: the 2023 La Compagnie Beaujolaise.  It’s made from the grape of Beaujolais Village...

In the U.S folks may know very little about Beaujolais wines except that they see them stacked in their grocery store's wine aisle every...

By now, you've no doubt been through the fall supply of Beaujolais Nouveau.  If not, get to work - it's a wine that's meant to...

It's time again for the seasonal experience known as Beaujolais Nouveau.  The young wine that is produced and hurried to market each f...

Holiday time always brings on the Beaujolais. If you follow such things, you get that little pre-Thanksgiving kick of the Beaujolais Nouve...

Domaine de la Madone is in the Beaujolais cru called Fleurie, a pastoral area - aren’t they all? - in France’s Gamay grape region. It is ...

You’ve heard Georges Duboeuf' s name before, I know it, even if you know very little about French wine. The Duboeuf name is synonymous...

Holiday time always makes me turn a little more toward Beaujolais. If you follow such things, you get that little pre-Thanksgiving kick of...

The simple things in life are always underrated. No matter how often people talk about “the simple things” or “the simple life” it always ...

Picturesque Beaujolais is sometimes called "the Tuscany of France," with vineyards covering nearly every hillside.  Beaujolais...

When a young man leaves Beaujolais after wine school to travel to America and take an entry-level job at a winery, you might expect him to...

Morgon is a Beaujolais cru , one of 12 smaller subdivisions of the Beaujolais region.  The main grape of the land in Beaujolais is Gamay, an...

Representatives of the Beaujolais region were kind enough to send some samples to me a while ago, most of which were - as expected - red ...

Saint-Amour is one of the Beaujolais Crus, in the northern part of the Beaujolais region.  Its wines are made from Gamay grapes and are s...

We visit Beaujolais once again, and this time we go not with a Cru, but with Beaujolais-Villages. There are 38 villages in the northern ...

Picnics are fun, even if you go solo - and even if it's just out on the deck.  Faced with a little yard work and armed with a salad a...

Lately, Now And Zin has  explored France’s Beaujolais region , and the crus that lie within it.  This time, we sample a bit of the Chéna...

We have  already visited  several of the crus of Beaujolais - through tasting the wine, at least -  in this little series, and this tim...

This taste of the Beaujolais region concerns a wine by Alain Coudert,  Clos de la Roilette , Fleurie 2010.  The label indicates it'...

The French wine region of Beaujolais has been the topic of a number of  Now And Zin   posts this year.  During the holidays, I received...