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15 Nov 2012 by Jancis Robinson
See an overview of the current Indian wine scene . What more logical way to celebrate the launch of Beaujolais Nouveau than to report on rapid progress in India's wines? Actually, what I do...
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10 Sep 2012 by Jancis Robinson
We have already published this collection of 85 tasting notes on the very toothsome 2011 Beaujolais (and a few more mature vintages), but you can never have enough of this ridiculously...
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1 Aug 2012 by Jancis Robinson
Welcome to August, and what
could be more delicious in any weather than a glass of artisanal Beaujolais? One
of the most delightful changes I have witnessed in the last few years in wine
is...
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1 Jun 2012 by Jancis Robinson
From €6.95, £6.99
Find the Pizay wines
Yes, the Beaujolais season is upon us! The wines of this region are transformed. It is now relatively difficult to find the thin,...
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30 Jul 2011 by Jancis Robinson/FT
See my tasting notes on 40 wines from Beaujolais 2010 and see also Beaujolais facts and figures . Purple pagers also discuss Beaujolais 2010 on the forum here and here.
I recently...
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27 Jul 2011 by Inter Beaujolais
The trade body for Beaujolais wines, Inter Beaujolais, recently held their 2010 vintage tasting (see here for Jancis’s tasting notes) and provided such a wealth of background information for...
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27 Jul 2011 by Jancis Robinson
For more opinions and comments on Beaujolais 2010, see forum discussions here and here .
In What's so good about Beaujolais 2010 I write in more detail about the very happy fact that...
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14 Dec 2010 by Jancis Robinson
The more I taste them, the more I am enjoying Beaujolais from the come-back vintage of 2009. They come in a wide array of styles, from light and fresh for current drinking, to dense and dark for...
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22 Nov 2010 by Chris Piper
Purple pager Chris Piper of Christopher Piper Wines in Devon sends the following report on the 2010 vintage in Beaujolais. He also sent me a bottle of his Ch de Grandmont Beaujolais-Villages...
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18 Oct 2010 by Julia Harding MW
Bringing together the threads of two recent articles, Beaujolais 2009 - buy, buy! and Fine selections from the Wine Society , here's a range of Beaujolais 2009s (and one 2007) available from...
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17 Jul 2010 by Jancis Robinson/FT but this is longer
See our tasting notes on 130 Beaujolais 2009s
Beaujolais has had a pretty ignominious fall from grace and popularity since the Beaujolais Nouveau hoop-la of the 1980s. (What was...
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15 Jul 2010 by Jancis Robinson
I can't tell you how enthusiastic I am about these wines - the perfect antidote to Bordeaux 2009 madness. See some background here and do think seriously about getting in the...
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10 Sep 2008 by Jancis Robinson
In a nutshell : Fresh-fruited reds.
Main grape : Gamay (red).
Proper, red Beaujolais can be a delicious drink - quite unrelated to red burgundy made further north. The only...
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9 Sep 2008 by Jancis Robinson
Find this wine
It’s high time serious Beaujolais featured in this slot; I don’t think, to my shame, I have ever chosen one as my wine of the week. The reason is...
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3 Sep 2008 by JR
Until recently Sangiovese, Italy's most widely planted vine variety, was a grape in the wilderness. And whenever the name Sangiovese did appear on a label it was far from a guarantee of greatness....
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