Upon rediscovering this blog, I rediscovered this post. How naive that turned out to be. I am now proud holder of WSET3 (with distinction, as well as the same for 2) and French, Spanish and Italian Wine Scholar qualifications (all with highest honours. Entirely unsurprisingly I got completely hooked on wine education. Level 1 was…
Category: History
Bojo Nuvo
No, this is not an ode to our highly esteemed Prime Minister. I am talking about Beaujolais Nouveau. Beaujolais is (most traditionally) a red wine from around Lyon in Eastern France. It’s made with the wildly unfashionable Gamay grape and is a generally a fruit forward, easy drinking style. Because of this easy drinking style…