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Oct 28, 2026
Natalie GolayHOST
or open it until 12.01 a.m. on that third Thursday.
Natalie GolayHOST
A tradition from the Beaujolais region, which is a roughly 34-mile strip of land in the central-eastern France, just north of Lyon, the Beaujolais Nouveau, or New Beaujolais, is a young wine made from Gamay Noir grape, a variety that has been cultivated in the region since antiquity.
Natalie GolayHOST
The celebration marks the end of the harvest, and it began locally in earnest in the 19th century and is now a worldwide phenomenon, a phenomenon that has gone on to inspire winemakers here in our southern Oregon region in the Rogue Valley and spawned the Ashland Nouveau Fest.
Natalie GolayHOST
Our guests today are among the five participating winemakers, and they're going to tell us all about it.
Natalie GolayHOST
We'll also talk about food pairings and what goes well with wine, like a young wine, like the Beaujolais.
Natalie GolayHOST
or our region's own Gamay and other Nouveau wines.
Natalie GolayHOST
So I'm hungry, so let's get going.
Natalie GolayHOST
And let's start with the basics.
Kristi MayfieldHOST
And my favorite November wine celebration is Beaujolais Nouveau Day.
Kristi MayfieldHOST
This is a celebration of the first grapes, the Gamay, that's harvested in the Beaujolais region.
Kristi MayfieldHOST
These wines are young.
Kristi MayfieldHOST
They're fresh.
Caroline FazeliGUEST
Cru Beaujolais.
Caroline FazeliGUEST
All Beaujolais is going to be Gamay, the Gamay grape.
Caroline FazeliGUEST
It's red, unless it's white Beaujolais, of which there's very little, but it's Chardonnay.
Caroline FazeliGUEST
So mostly you're dealing with Gamay.
Caroline FazeliGUEST
So it's
Julia DoustHOST
Gamay rather than Pinot Noir.
Julia DoustHOST
So Burgundy, you've got your Pinot Noir, and that's what changes as it comes down to Beaujolais.
Julia DoustHOST
Then you change grape to the Gamay grape.
Maisie TurnerGUEST
So completely agree.
Janina DoyleHOST
And I love that you've mentioned Beaujolais because Beaujolais, when people, they either think of often Beaujolais Nouveau, which is that really, really cheap Gamay that's released three weeks after harvest.
Janina DoyleHOST
And it's always perfect.
Janina DoyleHOST
Great fun.
AgnesHOST
So, how well do you think Gamay can age?
Édouard ParinetGUEST
On the most fragile vintage, 10-15 years is the bracket that you have for tasting the wines and see their evolution.
Édouard ParinetGUEST
And for the best vintage, that will sound surprising, but you can wait for them for 40-50 years.
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AgnesHOST
So, sorry for a silly question.
AgnesHOST
You talked about the historic importance of Moulin-en-Vent and Beaujolais wines.
AgnesHOST
Has it always been Gamay or historically were there other grapes planted?
Édouard ParinetGUEST
So, what I can tell you is that in 1666, so almost 400 years ago, we know that the surrounding of the Moulin-en-Vent and the Hamlet of Les Torrains, where we are now, were already Gamay.
Édouard ParinetGUEST
And you know the Gamay was also planted in Burgundy, but making pretty much big grapes and not qualitative wines.
Jala PrendesHOST
You can make a rosé out of pretty much any other wine.
Jala PrendesHOST
Red wines, there's light reds like Pinot Noir or Gamay.
Jala PrendesHOST
Gamay is most commonly known as Beaujolais wine.
Jala PrendesHOST
Beaujolais wines that are made with the Gamay grape are very often paired with Thanksgiving dinner because that is around the time that Beaujolais wines are first bottled, is around that time right after harvest, and they've had a little bit of time to sit in the bottle and then by Thanksgiving they are ready for you to drink.
Jala PrendesHOST
And Gamay grapes pair very well with turkey stuffing, cranberry dressing, things like that.
Jala PrendesHOST
It works very well with that.
Jala PrendesHOST
Those types of things.
Melanie YoungHOST
So red fruit, very soft, very refreshing.
Melanie YoungHOST
A more elegant than, you know, like Gamay from France has those same characteristics and lovely, but more of a punchy fun wine.
Melanie YoungHOST
I thought Frapato had a little more.
Melanie YoungHOST
subtly and maybe from where, not subtly in fruit, but just more elegance, where Gamay is just like the name.
Melanie YoungHOST
Gamay! It's a lot of fun.
Melanie YoungHOST
Let's go play.
Melanie YoungHOST
Frappato.
Anthony GiglioGUEST
But like, if I were to pick between those two, I'll still take a great Pelleverga.
Anthony GiglioGUEST
I love the Piedmont Pelleverga, right? Like for the super, like the answer to Gamay or Beaujolais.
Anthony GiglioGUEST
True.
Anthony GiglioGUEST
But I probably tend to drink a lot of Edna Rosso more than anything when we're having dinner at home here.
Doug ShaferHOST
Andy knows my story.
Doug ShaferHOST
I mean, you know, Elias and I were making Albarino and Gamay Noir and, you know, couldn't get any traction.
Doug ShaferHOST
It wasn't the Schaefer label, but it was still, people were like, no, where's the Cabernet? It was very frustrating.
Andy DemskyHOST
Yeah.
Luke CampbellGUEST
People have worked out the right soils and all of a sudden they're almost lighter and refreshing.
Luke CampbellGUEST
they haven't changed the variety they've just changed the way they've handled it producers and viticulturists and winemakers are growing up they're getting more accustomed new generations with new techniques are coming underneath and so they're putting towards a different style there's some great new varieties coming out you know we're seeing Gamay we're seeing Alagote which is a relative of Chardonnay from Burgundy we're seeing People make different styles.
Luke CampbellGUEST
We're also seeing different varieties.
Luke CampbellGUEST
We have to be sharing those stories and making that change.
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