Definition of Beaujolais

1. Noun. Dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France.

Generic synonyms: Red Wine, Burgundy, Burgundy Wine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beaujolais

Beatles
Beatlesque
Beatley
Beatrice
Beatrice Lillie
Beatrice Webb
Beau
Beau's lines
Beau Brummell
Beauceron
Beaucerons
Beauchamp
Beaufort
Beaufort Sea
Beaufort scale
Beaujolais (current term)
Beaumont
Beaumontia
Beaumontia grandiflora
Beauvaria
Beauvoir
Beaver State
Beaverbrook
Beavis
Becca
Becher
Bechtel crab
Bechterew's band
Bechterew's disease

Literary usage of Beaujolais

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wine, the vine, and the cellar by Thomas George Shaw (1863)
"... and continuing the same route we arrive at Beaune, and still farther on at Macon, the central depot for Macon and Beaujolais wines. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine: Being a Complete by John Louis William Thudichum, August Dupré (1872)
"They are included generally under the name of Beaujolais Ordinaire, Beaujolais Grand Ordinaire, according to quality. These wines are sold, according to ..."

3. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"M. de Beaujolais. Morris writes verses to the Duchess of Orleans. Careless driving. Made a member of the Club of Valois. Interviews with Judges. ..."

4. Waiter, There's a Horse in My Wine: A Treasury of Entertainment, Exploration by Jennifer "Chotzi" Rosen (2005)
"If Beaujolais Nouveau is so great, then how come (you might ask, ... The party starts in Beaujolais with barely nascent wine, still frothing and fizzing and ..."

5. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"CHAPTER XXXV. GLACIAL PHENOMENA OF OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE. Old glaciers of France—Glacial phenomena in Beaujolais and ..."

6. Cycling in France by Carole Saint-Laurent (2003)
"The tours of Beaujolais and Southern Burgundy mix culture, gastronomy and sport. This bike ride leads up and over the region's hills and provides an ..."

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