Comments on: A Drinkable Beauj Nouv http://www.theparisblog.com/a-drinkable-beauj-nouv/ The Blog with Gaul! Group blog about expat life in Paris, France Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:02:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Stu "El InglĂ©" Harris http://www.theparisblog.com/a-drinkable-beauj-nouv/comment-page-1/#comment-2713 Stu "El InglĂ©" Harris Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:07:16 +0000 http://www.theparisblog.com/?p=2723#comment-2713 I assume it's just trying to imitate conversational French - "Quoi d'Neuf?" = "What's new?" As for Matthew's characterisation of nouveau as "sickly sweet", I can only imagine that he was drinking vinegar immediately before trying it. Neither the new nor the old Beaujolais is a sweet wine -- the best description of them is that the old is fruity and the new is "very very fruity." I assume it’s just trying to imitate conversational French – “Quoi d’Neuf?” = “What’s new?”

As for Matthew’s characterisation of nouveau as “sickly sweet”, I can only imagine that he was drinking vinegar immediately before trying it. Neither the new nor the old Beaujolais is a sweet wine — the best description of them is that the old is fruity and the new is “very very fruity.”

]]> By: starman1695 http://www.theparisblog.com/a-drinkable-beauj-nouv/comment-page-1/#comment-2696 starman1695 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:58:08 +0000 http://www.theparisblog.com/?p=2723#comment-2696 Why is the 'd'' written that way? Merci. Why is the ‘d” written that way? Merci.

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