This Thursday, November 17, is Beaujolais Nouveau Day, and French restaurants across the city are throwing parties to celebrate. What is Beaujolais Nouveau Day? Here’s Stranger food writer Tobias Coughlin-Bogue to explain:
Amid the sodden misery of November in Seattle, there is always one bright spot: Beaujolais Nouveau Day. This is the day that France’s most famous vin de primeur (a wine that may be sold the same year it is made) is released upon the world. Due to an ancient French wine marketing conspiracy, it always falls on the third Thursday of the month.
Why do you give a shit about some obscure French wine? Well, because Beaujolais Nouveau is such a magical, overabundantly fruity wine that it can help you forget that you live in the end times. Yes, the storm drains look like they’re on the verge of an actual apocalyptic flood, the sun is blocked out by your work schedule, and an unhinged megalomaniac is about to seize power, but there you are, sipping a bright, buoyant glass of Beaujolais Nouveau, nibbling on something delicious, and perhaps even closing your eyes for a moment to imagine that you’ve expatriated and are enjoying all this lovely food and wine in some cozy cafe in Lyon. Au revoir, President Trump.
See our complete list of Beaujolais Nouveau events happening on Thursday in Seattle below, or on our food & drink calendar. Plus, don’t miss the Columbia Tower Club’s Beaujolais Nouveau celebration on Friday.
