Now And Zin Wine

It was a cold and blustery day in May, the threat of rain hanging in the dark clouds above Santa Barbara County. I was looking for the tasti...

The 2024 Marcel Lapierre Le Beaujolais is from the Beaujolais region, obviously. The winery was founded by Marcel Lapierre in the early 197...

I love an unusual wine. I don't really care what makes it unusual, just as long as it offers me something different. Tim Fulnecky , of t...

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

It is, they say, the time of year to drink pink. I like to enjoy pink wine all year long, but I have also worn white pants after Labor Day. ...

"From wine what sudden friendship springs."  British author John Gay wrote that, likely for his book entitled, "Wine,...

The locals call it paradise on a peninsula.  Michigan's Old Mission Peninsula wine region sticks out of the northwestern edge of the s...

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...

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...

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...

This may not be looked upon by some as a great or fitting bubbly with which to ring in the new year, but I have found that inexpensive win...

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 ...

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...