Beaujolais Nouveau Day

The year's first wine arrives young, fruity, and ready to be poured tonight.

Beaujolais Nouveau Day marks the exact moment the first wine of the harvest is released, always the third Thursday of November. Made from Gamay grapes in France's Beaujolais region, this cheerful red is fermented fast and meant to be drunk within weeks, not cellared for years. Once a local celebrati