But for that mid-week pour to go with steak frites or a simple dish of salmon and veg, a zippy, soft-red-fruit-scented Beaujolais, Beaujolais Supérieur or Beaujolais Villages works well and will only set you back about $15 or less. These so-called cru Beaujolais are usually labelled by their cru names only, not including the name Beaujolais at all. And it’s an open secret that the decades-long tradition of Beaujolais Nouveau has eroded wine drinkers’ confidence in the Beaujolais region itself. Simply put, grapes destined for Beaujolais Villages must be grown within one of the designated villages where the best growing conditions exist for Gamay grapes. The fruit for this wine can come pretty much anywhere in the Beaujolais region.

Source: thestar May 21, 2016 10:36 UTC