Gourmets of Wine > Beaujolais fraud?

[amuse-bouche] Decanter passes along news that Duboeuf is being investigated for fraud after allegedly blending various batches of its Beaujolais without following appellation rules. It sounds like a royal gamay goof-up: “‘Everything was being mixed - Beaujolais with Beaujolais Villages, cru wines with Beaujolais Villages and so on,’

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[CrushingGrape] Easter Dinner/Brunch Wine Ideas: Louis Jadot and Georges Duboeuf make very good Beaujolais Villages that are easy to find in just about any grocery store and easy on the wallet at $7 to $10 a bottle. Barton and Guestier make a good Beaujolais that is also around $7 a bottle and available in most grocery stores but are not as consistently good from year to year as Jadot or Duboeuf.

http://winecask.blogspot.com [Winecask.blogspot.com] The Wine Cask: Beaujolais Villages Nouveau 2004 in real time (PB): Frankly, I tasted a couple different Nouveau’s this year when first available at twice this price, and they were not this enjoyable. Take advantage of the short longevity of this wine which should yield some good wine bargains in the next couple months to come.

[CrushingGrape] Easter Dinner/Brunch Wine Ideas: Louis Jadot and Georges Duboeuf make very good Beaujolais Villages that are easy to find in just about any grocery store and easy on the wallet at $7 to $10 a bottle. Barton and Guestier make a good Beaujolais that is also around $7 a bottle and available in most grocery stores but are not as consistently good from year to year as Jadot or Duboeuf.

[Jeffcoop.com] Cooped Up: Wine of the Week: When I first became more than casually interested in wine in late 1990, I quickly discovered that there was more to Beaujolais than Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages, and Beaujolais Nouveau; there were also a number of individual villages within the Beaujolais region: Julienas, St.-Amour, Chenas, Moulin-a-Vent, Fleurie, Chiroubles, Morgon, Brouilly, Cote de Brouilly, and Regnie.

[Greatncwines.com] Great Wines of North Carolina: Beaujolais Nouveau - 10 Things You ...: Gamay is the only grape permitted for Beaujolais. While certain California wineries may label their wine “Gamay Beaujolais” this is not the same grape as what is grown in France, and is quite different in taste and growing habits.

Msnbc.msn.comhttp://msnbc.msn.com [Msnbc.msn.com] Beaujolais nouveau? Them’s fightin’ words - Today: Wine - MSNBC.com: Duboeuf’s crowning achievement has been the rise of Beaujolais nouveau, the annual production of wine from gamay noir grapes so fresh they're practically still on the vine.  To wine retailers and many casual drinkers, nouveau is a godsend ”” a cheap, easy-drinking bottle that flies off store displays by the case and makes more than occasional appearances on the Thanksgiving table.

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