November 20th, 2009

Beaujolais Butter

Beaujolais Nouveau – C’est Arrivé! By French law, Beaujolais Nouveau is to be released no earlier than the third Thursday of November at midnight. The winemakers use a technique called carbonic maceration, in which whole grape clusters are thrown into a tank. The tank is then sealed, trapping the carbon dioxide from the fermentation process […]