Tuesday, December 8th, at 6:00pm

Wine Club
Featuring:
Beaujolais Nouveau
Country of Origin: France

History: At one past midnight on the third Thursday of each November, from little villages and towns like Roman¨¨che-Thorins, over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau begin their journey through a sleeping France to Paris for immediate shipment to all parts of the world. Banners proclaim the good news: Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arriv¨¦! "The New Beaujolais has arrived!" One of the most
frivolous and animated rituals in the wine world has begun.

By the time it is over, over 65 million bottles, nearly half of the region's total annual
production, will be distributed and drunk around the world. It has become a worldwide race to be the first to serve to this new wine of the harvest. In doing so, it has been carried by motorcycle, balloon, truck, helicopter,
Concorde jet, elephant, runners and rickshaws to get it to its final destination. It is amazing to realize that just weeks before this wine was a cluster of grapes in a growers vineyard. But by an expeditious harvest, a rapid fermentation, and a speedy bottling, all is ready at the midnight hour. By French law, Beaujolais Nouveau is to be released no earlier than the third Thursday of November.
The price includes a glass of wine and a dinner buffet.
Price $18.50 per person   
Tickets should be purchased in advance and are non refundable. (tax not included)