Happy Beaujolais Nouveau Day. Today at one minute after midnight was the official release of the 2019 Beaujolais Nouveau wine. It is a made up holiday to push sales of this wine, but I like it because it is almost like the wine was designed to offend wine snobs. Beaujolais Nouvea is freshly pressed, it is cheap, and has a relatively uncomplicated fruity taste.
Here is the bottle that I purchased and I am accompanying it with some raw milk goat cheese and a whole grain baguette. The white of the plate threw my exposure out of whack, so when I made adjustments, the baguette looks like it was overcooked. Let me reassure you that it was wonderful.
Life is good.
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Thanks for this delightfully French moment, Mike. The beauty of the baguette speaks volumes.
The only down side, Jet, is that you have to eat them quickly. By the next morning, the leftovers are pretty stale. The wine lasts a little longer, but not much–I don’t give it a chance to go bad. 🙂
Charming. Not the least because a very long time ago I visited an estate in France where Beaujolais grapes were prolific on the vines. Secondly, I noticed the cloth on your table now has a really cute fish design that I like very much. Thirdly, your second photo is striking in its simplicity and reminds me of the ‘loaves and fishes’ stories from the NT albeit with the upgrade of wine and special cheese. I enjoyed the photo so much I felt like saying grace in an expression of thanks for His provision. I’m enjoying your wonderful time in Paris!
Thanks for your wonderful comments, Liz. The tablecloth is on the table on my balcony and I figured it would make a nice backdrop. I have consumed a lot of bread, cheesei, and wine since I have been here, though they are not the only things that I have consumed during this trip. It is cool that you have visited a place with Beaujolais grapes. A long time ago (1974) I remember visiting a place called Vouvray in the Loire RIver valley that produced white wine. “In everything give thanks”–that is what we are supposed to do. 🙂
In 1974 I turned 10 yrs old so I would have been in my final year at a little country primary school that had a max of about 32 pupils, up in the Far North of New Zealand – the skinny bit right at the top on a map. I give special thanks for WP friends like you 🙂
My stomach literally grumbled when I looked at these photos. Yum.
It is interesting that it is so easy to get raw milk cheese here. I think in the US it is impossible to do so. Health rules require it to be pasteurized, I believe.
Indeed. It is something I miss.
The funny part too about the simple little meal that I showed was that I visited three different little stores to get the three items–a wine store, a cheese store, and a bread store.
The French have this down to an art. Wine, crusty baguette, cheese. I might add a perfectly ripe pear. I’m glad you’re enjoying it. I’m enjoying it vicariously.
Ah, a pear. That would have indeed been a perfect match, though it would have required a trip to yet another store. Although there are small supermarkets at which I sometime stop, I got my wine at a wine store, my cheese at a cheese shop, and my bread at the bread store. It helps that I am on a mostly pedestrian only street with lots of small stores, but that need to shop is magnified by the smallness of my refrigerator, so I can’t store too much.
But isn’t it great to have small shops?
It definitely is, particularly because they are all within walking distance of where I am staying. I have never before been in a place where I could imagine living without a car–I could definitely do that here.
It’s a different world. And, frankly, one which I prefer.
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A simple and simply perfect meal.
Amen!
C`est tres bon…
Merci. 🙂