(With a wink and a nod to Bart Simpson.)

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Also, from Wiki:

vin de merde - shit wine.

I am so using this phrase, granted I learn the proper pronunciation.

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The French have been drinking Beaujolais casually forever, but not until George Duboeuf starting marketing the release of his Beaujolais as an "event" (as shown in this photo) did it really catch on in the U.S. His version, the Beajolais Nouveau, is very very light and fruity and is sort of like Starbucks in the sense that you can find this particular Beaujolais everywhere in the U.S., including most grocery stores, but it isn't a very good example of the varietal.

Any good wine store in a major metropolitan area should carry a few nicer Beaujolais (although I've rarely found one on a restaurant wine list). But however nice, it's still always a chilled lip-smacking, drinking wine.

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