Vino!

Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! The 2007 vintage was released on November 15th, and there was much rejoicing around the world. It's a simple fruity wine that's bottled soon after the grapes are harvested (and meant to be savored just as hastily), made from Gamay grapes in the Beaujolais region of France. A unique method called carbon maceration is employed, which means instead of crushing the grapes first, the grapes are fermented from inside the skin. Because it tastes like alcoholic fruit juice, it's the 'ditzy blonde' of wines - it's one wine that won't be offended if you drink it with ice cubes(!). Probably the only reason wine drinkers even care about the BN is the marketing hype... yeah. (Hard to ignore a wine that's so widely anticipated and celebrated; so well-loved you would... bathe in it? Une piscine de Beaujolais au Japon - sacre bleu!)

Got two bottles - the regular BN from Georges DuBoeuf and a Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau from Leonard de Saint-Aubin. I'm saving the latter, which I'm skeptical about, for our private sipping pleasure and taking the DuBoeuf to Thanksgiving.

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While I was huddling around the wine rack picking out another bottle for tomorrow, I took advantage of the little daylight left and snapped some shots.


My dusty collection





No fear of being thirsty in the House of Meow!

Wine: check. Now, for my Thanksgiving contribution... I volunteered appetizers, but I only have ideas for dessert. Foolish? I'd better wish on my lucky stars that the grocery stores will be open later. What should I make? (Maybe I should pop open a bottle to help me think. ;)) The kitchen calls...