Vintage Champagne

Champagne made from a single year’s harvest. Aged a minimum of three years and often four or five. Called MILLÉSIME in French.

What are Cru Beaujolais?

A. Beaujolais from the best vineyards.

B. Beaujolais that are aged for at least a year in French oak.

C. Beaujolais from selected villages.

D. Beaujolais from what historically have been the top producers (the “cru”).

The Cru Beaujolais refers to wines from ten distinguished villages. (Interestingly enough, in most of the rest of France, the word cru refers to a vineyard.) Most of these villages are in the north of the region on steep granite hills. Cru wines are deeper, denser, more structured and more age worthy than regular Beaujolais. The ten Cru are: St.-Amour, Juliénas, Chénas, Moulin-à-Vent, Fleurie, Chiroubles, Morgon, Régnié, Brouilly, and Côte de Brouilly. Although Beaujolais Nouveau will be released next Thursday, we recommend you drink the far better Cru Beaujolais to celebrate the region.

John Fox

John Fox, owner of once-leading wine retailer Premier Cru, admitted scamming at least $45 million dollars from his customers. As part of the massive Ponzi scheme, an estimated 4,500 customers paid some $45 million for… Continue reading

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