Richard Periut wrote:

> zxcvbob wrote:
>
>> C. L. wrote:
>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sorry to piggy back on your reply, but I was out and about this
>>>> morning.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I
>>>
>>>> tried to find Beaujolais Nouveau but the guy said it wasn't in stock
>>>> yet.
>>>> And I hate Beringer's; way overrated. I did, however, find a nice
>>>> Australian Chardonnay, appropriately labeled "Fat *******". Uh, you'd
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> have
>>>
>>>> to know the whole story for that to mean anything!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Isn't Fat ******* French? I just bought a bottle of Shiraz but
>>> didn't look
>>> at the label that closely.
>>>
>>> BN is just coming out now so depending on what store you go to they
>>> might
>>> not have it yet.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It supposedly just arrived Thursday in Minnesota. There are 2
>> different Georges BN's. The one in the colorful label is the
>> "villages" version, and the one in a bottle without a label but with
>> balloons and stuff painted on the bottle is the just plain BN. They
>> were both $10 per bottle. I got a bottle of the villages, and a
>> bottle of Gewürztraminer.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bob
>>
>
> AFAIC,Beaujolais should not even be bottled. By the time the stuff is
> bottled and hits the tables in the US, it has lost those nuances that
> only the freshest Beaujolais can bring.
>
> It's like comparing a nice NY sharp cheddar, to Cheez Whizz.
>
> Richard
>

I like it. Also I like drinking the current year's harvest at
Thanksgiving; it just seems fitting. But generally there are better cheap
wines -- I'm drinking an Italian wine called "Citra" right now. It was $5
or $6 for a bottle (2002), and is quite good. It's made from a grape I've
never of before called "Montepulciano" d'abruzzo.

I'm not sophisticated enough to appreciate the nuances of really good wine;
and rather spend the money on a bottle of really good whiskey or
extraordinary beer.

Best regards,
Bob