It's nouveau beaujolais time, so...
how to pronounce George Deboeuf?


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Rich

RichD wrote:

It's nouveau beaujolais time, so...
how to pronounce George Deboeuf?

Start with correct spelling: D_u_boeuf ... ;-)

scnr,

M.

P.S.: IMHO there is no real decent equivalent sound in English for
both the French "u" (which would be the sound of "ü" in German) and
the "oeu" (which would be the "ö" in German).

Michael Pronay wrote:

P.S.: IMHO there is no real decent equivalent sound in English for
both the French "u" (which would be the sound of "ü" in German) and
the "oeu" (which would be the "ö" in German).

For me, you can come close by imaging the sound made by someone getting
punched in the stomach: "oof!" ;-)

Mark Lipton
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RichD wrote:

It's nouveau beaujolais time, so...
how to pronounce George Deboeuf?


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Rich

It should never be Beaujolais Nouveau time.

"Lawrence Leichtman" wrote in message
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RichD wrote:

It's nouveau beaujolais time, so...
how to pronounce George Deboeuf?


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Rich

It should never be Beaujolais Nouveau time.

Which seems to be a popular opinion and matches my past experience. The last
one I tried was in '01 or '02 and was pretty bad.

Ever the optimist, I decided to give it a try this year as reviews have been
pretty good. I tried a bottle of the Doboeuf as it was the only BN available
at the PA state store near me. I brought it with me to a music group
gathering and everyone tried some. It was served with an aged cheddar and
some chips and salsa.

It was bright with a lot of up-front fruit, some acidity but not much in the
way of tannins. It was inoffensive but totally lack in complexity, with I
imagine is how it was intended to be. The most interesting thing about it
was that it was still on the vine a few weeks or months ago.

Everyone seemed to enjoy it, but as a group we are wine newbies, so take
that at face value.

Regards,
Jon

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"Zeppo" wrote:

"Lawrence Leichtman" wrote in message
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In article
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RichD wrote:

It's nouveau beaujolais time, so...
how to pronounce George Deboeuf?


--
Rich

It should never be Beaujolais Nouveau time.

Which seems to be a popular opinion and matches my past experience. The last
one I tried was in '01 or '02 and was pretty bad.

Ever the optimist, I decided to give it a try this year as reviews have been
pretty good. I tried a bottle of the Doboeuf as it was the only BN available
at the PA state store near me. I brought it with me to a music group
gathering and everyone tried some. It was served with an aged cheddar and
some chips and salsa.

It was bright with a lot of up-front fruit, some acidity but not much in the
way of tannins. It was inoffensive but totally lack in complexity, with I
imagine is how it was intended to be. The most interesting thing about it
was that it was still on the vine a few weeks or months ago.

Everyone seemed to enjoy it, but as a group we are wine newbies, so take
that at face value.

Regards,
Jon

I tasted this year's Beaujolais Nouveau and it was gawd awful. Not much
different than years past. It has an unpleasant bathroom cleaner nose
and that carries over to the midpalate. This is a novelty act that
should have died out or be limited to release in France.

Everyone seemed to enjoy it, but as a group we are wine newbies, so take
that at face value.

Regards,
Jon

I tasted this year's Beaujolais Nouveau and it was gawd awful. Not much
different than years past. It has an unpleasant bathroom cleaner nose
and that carries over to the midpalate. This is a novelty act that
should have died out or be limited to release in France.

See the disclaimer above.... :-)

Is heralding the wine harvest this way something rooted in ancient history
or is this a relatively recent marketing ploy to move lots of plonk?

Jon

Zeppo wrote:

It was bright with a lot of up-front fruit, some acidity but not much in the
way of tannins. It was inoffensive but totally lack in complexity, with I
imagine is how it was intended to be. The most interesting thing about it
was that it was still on the vine a few weeks or months ago.

Precisely my experience with the '07 George Duboeuf BN, every year
that I try it, the same story, and I always question why I fell for
it again. Some years have been less inoffensive than others ;-).

It's just basically wine Kool-Aid from what I can tell. Without
concentrating, I can think of a dozen better ways to spend the same
or less money for a better wine if you're just looking for a pleasant quaff.

Dana

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:32:33 -0500, "Zeppo"
wrote:

Is heralding the wine harvest this way something rooted in ancient history
or is this a relatively recent marketing ploy to move lots of plonk?

Bit of both I think. Always been some Beaujolais drunk very young,
but it was marketed and hyped heavily starting in the.. er.. 1960s(?)
by Duboeuf.

--
Steve Slatcher
http://pobox.com/~steve.slatcher

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Dana Myers wrote:

Zeppo wrote:

It was bright with a lot of up-front fruit, some acidity but not much in
the
way of tannins. It was inoffensive but totally lack in complexity, with I
imagine is how it was intended to be. The most interesting thing about it
was that it was still on the vine a few weeks or months ago.

Precisely my experience with the '07 George Duboeuf BN, every year
that I try it, the same story, and I always question why I fell for
it again. Some years have been less inoffensive than others ;-).

It's just basically wine Kool-Aid from what I can tell. Without
concentrating, I can think of a dozen better ways to spend the same
or less money for a better wine if you're just looking for a pleasant quaff.

Dana

Yeah but it's $8 Kool Aide and sometimes like this year downright
offensive.

I've never tried Beaujolais Nouveau, mainly because of its
reputation for reaching full aging potential before you can
get it home from the wine store.
As for regular bottlings from Duboeuf, I've enjoyed several
bottles of Beaujoulais (Julienas, Regnie, etc.) in the past.
JMHO
Dick R.