Great show with some great wines!

QOTD: Only Beaujolais i’ve ever had were the Jadot a couple of time. Can’t wait to try some Cru. Thanks for expanding my wine world.

Hmm, I have to confess to being a bit prejudiced against the Beaujolais… after watching this though I think it’s time I tried some better stuff! Great episode!

QOTD: Definitely prejudiced toward Beaujolais, because before I started getting serious about wine, my only point of reference was nouveau beau. (every September, the local wine store would sell it). I hated that stuff, and never gave it another thought. Actually, Eric Asimov did an interesting blog piece on it not long ago. Definitely willing to give this a shot–cheers.

QOTD: Yes I always thought of it like chablis….. but since you broke me out of that stigma…why should this be any different? For the education G! 🙂

qotd: definately prejudice against beaujolais. only ones i’ve had are the deboufs and equally priced ones. the grand cru’s of beaujolais (the ones you tasted, for example) i’ve never heard of nor tried. once again gary v, always breaking down the wine stereotypes for me. thanks

Cru B’s are great, and Kermit does a good job of importing so we’re lucky we live near enuf Kermit’s store.

yes, am not a fan of pinkish swillish George Debuf N B’s.

Great show, hope Greece is treating you well.

Prejucided against Gamay? No way. I buy at least one case of Beaujolais every year. Its the perfect casual wine to consume with my roasted chicken (slightly brined, browned perfectly, and served w/a thyme scented au jus) and a gratin of potato. Its great with pate too. But more important, there is no such thing as an inferior grape. Grapes are like cuts of meat. The belly is not inferior to the loin. Its just different and has different applications. Wines are the same way. Why drink a monster Cab with roast chicken? There’s beauty not only in the wines themselves but in the interplay between the food, wine, occasion, atmosphere, and the company its consumed with. People often speak of how a simple wine consumed on vaction in France in a bistro tasted so much better than it did when they tried it here. But you can create your own precious moments with wine, food, and company if you open yourself to the simple charms that each variety has to offer and celebrate it for what it is. Once you do that you begin to enjoy cotes du rhone with simple beef stew, Chinon with a filet mignon, vouvray with scallops, sancerre with oysters, and rose with ratatoulle. Just ask yourself “what is its nature, what does this wine do?”

Dan J

No issues with beaujolais. Like it a lot. Thanks for reminding me to pick some up.

Nope, not prejudiced on Beaujolais except for the Nouveau.

I was hoping you wouldn’t talk about them so I can keep buying them on the cheap 🙂

If I haven’t bought of Beaujolais in the past 8 years does that make me prejudiced against it? So yeah, I probably am. I will go to the principals office and pick up said bottle of Beaujolais.

QOTD: Even though I DID have one or two bottles of really nice Beaujolais, I guess that I still get scared when someone brings Beaujolais over for dinner… But hey, episodes like this one are putting one more nail in the Beaujolais prejudice’s coffin, which is a very good thing!

I am not scared of Beaujolais as I have not drank any to this date, but did buy a bottle a couple of weeks ago. Louis Jadot 2005. Pulled it out, set it on the table and will consume tonight with leftover bacon wrapped steak from the other night. Wish me luck.

QOtD: Yes…

I found your “tea” comment interesting. I will look for this as an identifier when I next drink Beaujolais. In blind tastings, my most successful identifier of Beaujolais is a banana and strawberry aroma & flavor. 42 years ago when I first started drinking wine, Beaujolais was among the first wines I ever drank. Back then I drank them almost immediately, but about a decade later I started holding some (Cru Beaujolais) back for 5-10 years in good vintages. I found they get amazingly more Burgundian in their taste profile. On very rare occasions, I have had 15-20 year old Beaujolais, which had become virtually indistinguishable from a good Beaune.

One additional comment: The banana I get with youngish Beaujolais begins to fade with age, or gets covered up, with many other complex nuances, as most good reds will do. I never have been a big buyer of Beaujolais, but always have about a case lying around the cellar….all Cru.

QOTD- Of course I cant stand it, the first time i had gamey was in 1983 around thanksgiving and it was good to me, of course all the wine snobs laughed at my palate and I havent gone back since, however Gary you changed my mind and I am going to seek them out and get the last laugh.

i love cru beaujolais!

QOTD: I thought all beaujolais was cheap and nasty! I’ll have to look in to this.

QOTD – Yes. Had a Fleuri last year and it was OK, but didn’t rock my world. Haven’t had a Beaujolais since, maybe need to put the area back onto my buy list to see if things have changed.

mmmm toilet water Beaujolais……..cant wait. *puking*

QOTD: I’m not prejudice against Beaujolais. I’m just judice against it. Prejudice suggests I’m pre-judging, and instead I’m judging it off what I’ve had in the past, and I just don’t really like it. I just don’t like some grapes. I don’t really like Gamay, just like I don’t really like Sangiovese.

I think this is a problem with the wine world. Not Beaujolais; I have not problem with people liking it. But it seems like people think if you like wine you should have some respect for every varietal. What’s wrong with just knowing that I don’t like wine from certain grapes? Shouldn’t I just trust MY palate?

I’m one of the few that doesn’t mind having the DuBoeuf Nouveau at Thanksgiving. Whatever it takes to get the other side of the family to even try wine, I’ll do it. Of course, I then slip in a bottle of Flowers Pinot so I can show them what “real” wine tastes like.

Good show. Unfortunately, you’re already sold out of the Roilette: 🙁

Cheers!

QOTD – the only Beaujolais I’ve ever had was heinous; ‘course it probably wasn’t the good stuff, so yes, I am prejudiced in regard to Beaujolais. I’ll try to be a little more open-minded.

QOTD- I can honestly say I have never had a legitimate beaujolais, so i have no prejudices….after watching this episode, damn skippy that I will try one soon.

Cool theme!

QOTD: I haven’t had too many Beaujolais, but I can honestly say that I have had a very positive attitude toward this wine and want to seek out great values (find something other than Louis Jadot).

quick question, is there a difference between “Beaujolais” and “Beaujolais Villages”?