The French have long been famous for their wineculture. Their drinks are famous and loved around the world. And traditional alcoholic festivals are gradually becoming international. The holiday, which marks the beginning of a new wine-making year, is gaining more and more popularity.
Every year, on the third Thursday of November, France celebrates the Day of Beaujolais - the feast of the wine of a young harvest. This festival was born in the XIX century in the small town of Bozho.
Traditionally, the celebration began local winemakers.On the main square, torches of grapevine were lit and barrels with a three-week aging beater were opened. The drink was poured into one-liter containers, which had a special name - "Lyon bottle".
During the Second World War, the French stopped celebrating the feast of the new Beaujolais. This was due to the increase in taxes on the sale of vintage wines. However, in 1985, the tradition resumed.
Now the Day of Beaujolais is an international holiday. The famous French drink imported in 200 countries. The number of deliveries exceeds half of the total young wine produced in the country.
At the end of the XX century the festival of the young harvest camein Russia. For the first time began to celebrate the feast of Beaujolais in Moscow. With the permission of the Chairman of the International Wine Association, one of the famous French cuisine restaurants held a solemn tasting of the drink three hours before midnight. They continued the celebration at the Marriott Royal Aurora Hotel, where barreled wine was brought to the top three horses.
Traditional Russian dishes were served to Beaujolais: pancakes with caviar, salmon, stellate sturgeon, stuffed pig, to emphasize the connection between the traditions of the two peoples.
In many large Russian cities the festival of young wine has become a good tradition. From year to year, French restaurants and cafes offer special entertainment programs in honor of Beaujolais.
The event plan usually includes a briefexcursion into the history of the holiday, live performance of French songs, fun contests, for which give a bottle of young wine. And of course, tasting different types of drink.
For travel lovers, agencies organizespecial "wine tours" in the birthplace of Beaujolais. The trip includes a tour of the city and a visit to the festival. Do not do without drinking young wine in honor of the beginning of the new crop year.
Celebrate the wine festival in the capital starting from 19november A bottle of celebratory drink can be found in any restaurant or cafe specializing in French cuisine. But many places go further: they hold thematic events dedicated to the beginning of the wine-making year.
В 2009 году в ресторане «Carre Blanc» провели Day Beaujolais. The holiday has become a very unusual experience for the institution. The interior of the room was changed: the dining rooms were decorated with barrels, elements of wine cellars. On the bedding rested pets.
The first bottle of young wine was opened by the chef, who developed a special menu for the celebration. Visitors were offered simple peasant snacks in addition to the drink.
In the same year, the cafe "Jean-Jacques" invited visitors to celebrate the festival with live French music, washing down roasted chestnuts with young wine.
In 2015, special programs of the festival Beaujolaisoffered restaurants "Moscow City", "Geraldine", Café The Most, "Alpengluk". The venues offered live performances of French songs, a special holiday menu, prize draws. Some restaurants held a celebration in the modern spirit: to the fiery dance music and light show.
If you do not want to celebrate the festival insurrounded by strangers, you can always have a theme party for friends. Beaujolais Day - a holiday that does not require much effort in order to organize it.
It is enough to decorate the house, pick up music (French folk songs are best suited) to buy drinks and make snacks.
By tradition, the holiday should begin at midnight on the third Thursday of November. Meet the new wine year, opening a bottle of young Beaujolais.
Beaujolais Day - a holiday of connoisseurs of good French wine. Therefore, it is worth knowing which drink is best to choose for the celebration.
The price of a bottle of Beaujolais ranges from 400 to 2,000 rubles for 750 ml. Only fresh drink is suitable for use, therefore it is best to buy it in November.
Rich ruby color, sweet taste andfragrant aroma, characteristic of the wine from Beaujo, is fully reflected in the "Beaujolais Saint-Louis", "Beaujolais Vilage", "Beaujolais Blanc". Before serving, the drink is cooled to +12 - +14 ° C, so that its qualities are maximally revealed.
The young wine is wonderfully combined with fresh red berries (cranberries, cherries, strawberries, currants), red and white meats, lean fish and seafood.
Traditionally, beaujolais in France served dishes from pheasant, partridge, rabbit, grouse, roe deer, wild boar. They successfully emphasized the spicy fruit flavor of the drink.
The symbol of the beginning of the wine year is one offew drinks that are perfectly combined with egg dishes. This is due to the fact that the Beaujolais contains a certain amount of tannins, which create a bitter taste. For wine, you can submit a classic French omelette, stitched eggs.
Sweet lovers can easily combine bojole with sweet fruit desserts, chocolate. A good addition will be baking with sour berries.
Oddly enough, the drink is not very well combined with cheeses. But if you still want to serve cutting, it is best to choose goat cheese or cabrio.
Meat with blood also badly reveals the taste of Beaujolais, gives the wine bitterness.
Whatever snacks you choose, the main thing in the festival is a bottle of good young wine and a great mood.
Пришедший из Франции праздник божоле завоевал love of the inhabitants of many countries. And continues to gain momentum. Perhaps in a few years the festival of young wine will reach the provincial Russian cities.
