Beaujolais Nouveau Day, drink Natural
The third Thursday of November marks the official release of the year's Beaujolais Nouveau. Typically harvested in September, the wine undergo fermentation and after few weeks left to settle, it is bottled and sent around the World, for people to celebrate and get a glimpse of what the year's vintage is like.
For the last 10 years, Le Caveau has focused in bringing those 'New Wave' or 'Natural' Nouveau, made by producers who work their land the organic way and most importantly, do not add anything to their wines.
When you open a bottle of Nouveau by Jean Foillard, Rémi Dufaître or Jean-Claude Lapalu (amongst others), what you get is simply what's described above, pure Gamay juice, spontaneously fermented, settled and bottled without additives. They are the polar opposite of mass-produced Nouveau, in their appearance, taste and the philosophy behind it.
Parties and events around these Natural Nouveau are organised around the World, Paris 11th arrondissement being the epicentre. Ireland's wine bars, wine shops, restaurant and bars scene will be very active today and this evening.
If you want to see for yourself, what the fuss is all about, make your way to any of the venues listed below, and grab a glass or a bottle!
Happy Beaujolais Nouveau Day!
| Green Man Wines |
| L'Atitude 51 |
| Loose Canon |
| Station to Station |
| Baggot Street |
| Le Caveau |
| Brindle |
| Blackrock cellars |
| Paradiso |
| Ventry Post Office |
| Cass and Co |
| Frank's |
| Ballymaloe House |
| Nash 19 |
| Savoir Faire |
| Rift Coffee Limerick |
| Saint-Francis Kinsale |
| Universal Galway |
| Glass Curtain |
| Nell's Cork |
| McGuinness Dundalk |
| Ard Bia Galway |
| Good Day Deli |
| World Wide Wines |
| Fallon Byrne Wine store |
| Trinity Cellars |
| the Wine Pair |
| Lennox Street Café |
| Bridge Bar Restaurant |
| Cheese Press Ennystimon |
| Kalbos Skibbereen |
| Pop up Wine Shop Grain Store Ballymaloe |
| O'Driscoll, Ballintemple |
| Curran Retailer Galway |
| Dodi Café Lahinch |
| Lilith Wines |
| Pete's Provisions |
| 11 Deli |
| Allottment wines |
| Nude Wine Co. |
| Mardagh Howth |
| Sweeney's D3 |
| NOTE Wine Bar |
| Whelehan's Wines |
| The Fumbally |
| AVOCA Rahtcoole |
| AVOCA Ballsbridge |
| AVOCA Monkstown |
| AVOCA Malahide |
| Mitchell's Glasthule |
| Mitchell's CHQ |
| Drink stores Stonybatter |
| The Corkscrew |
| Thai House Dalkey |
| Dooks Fethard |
| Greenwich Cork |
| Bradley's Cork |
| Mc Curtain Cellars |
| Manning's Ballylickey |
| WunderKaffee Cork |
| Pilgrims Rosscarberry |
| The Lane Cheese & Wine Galway |
| Mosaic Ballydehob |
| Luna Killarney |
| 51 Cornmarket Cork |
| Fota Island Resort |
| Lignum Galway |
| Stranfield house |