walkinaround,

I got my BN for around $10.

Hi J,

> I'm hosting a slew of people for Thanksgiving who don't normally drink wine...<

The 2004 DuBoeuf is fruity and slightly sweet. If you can use up a bottle within about 1/2 hr, I think it will go over well.

Tell your guests that "it is a small wine with little breeding, but I think you will be amused by its impertinence".

LOL ira! They'll look at me quizzically and say, "Does that mean it will burn my throat?"

I just bought Georges DuBoeuf at Costco for 8.99$ I always like to try it every year. I like a nice fruity red for casual sipping. :-).

Thank you Mimi!

Judyrem, our Costco had the George Duboeuf BN for $7.50 but at Trader Joes it was $8.99. (I really like Saturday afternoon errands!) We've just polished off a bottle with our friends and we all liked it. It's really smooth.

Ira, I think you're supposed to drink it all within 30 minutes because the cork won't fit back in the bottle! Not that it's any accomplishment in our house to do that, of course. >)

"the cork won't fit back in the bottle!"

With all it's retractors as a thinly-disguised wine, the Duboeuf BN Village has one positive thing going for it. It does it's part in protecting the environment - it doen't use real cork. Just the fake plastic type.

DuBoeuf wins over all the other BN.
What is Cosco?

tondalaya: Cosco (or more appropriately spelled, COSTCO), is a what we call here in the States as a warehouse club where we can purchase anything from bulk grocery and food items to 52-inch flat screen TV at discounted prices. Membership is required and is usually for about $50 a year. Other variations of the store are Price Club and BJ's Wholesale.

BTW, just to add to my original tasting notes on the Duboeuf - I found it to have a solid mid-palate consisting of the flavor of a Big Boy bubblegum culminating into Juicy Fruity finish of no more than 1 1/2 seconds.

Cheers.

I like weak tasting red wine so the BN fits the bill; it's very young and approachable and for under $10, you get what you pay for.

My husband received a shipment of Jean Arthaud Beaujolais Nouveau last Monday. He brought one bottle home; the rest he sold in less than an hour (ten cases).

I don't like the "banana nose" that comes with DuBoeuf's BN (plus, it's soo chic to bash both DuBoeuf and Beaujolais Nouveau ;)), so the Arthaud was a nice surprise. Very traditional--light in both color and texture with just a hint of petillance.

I actually think beajolais nouveau is an excellent "starter" wine for introducing people to reds. It's fun, light, fruity--good for quaffing and conviviality.

And a good wine for those who prefer white. Best chilled.

well, the BN party at the Alliance Francaise was a big success Friday night. Good food, as usual, although the singer wasn't that good (trying to be Edith Piaf). The accordionist was okay.

I was surprised they weren't serving Georges Duboeuf, although I couldn't actually find the name of the winery on the label very well, and I scrutinized it. It was not in big letters or very obvious, really subtle who the company was. It was okay, I had less than one glass, because it was a little "rough" for my taste. I don't know what I mean exactly, but I prefer a good pinot noir or something subtler. I think I liked the Georges Duboeuf I had last year better than this bottle, but hard to tell without side-by-side.

They had an amazing array of cheeses, though, they always do there. ONe was a very creamy thing that I think would have been suitable in a cheesecake recipe, I remember someone was looking for a French cheese to substitute for cream cheese a while back. It was a small log-shaped cheese, white. I asked around but nobody knew what it was.

Did it have that goat cheese tang, or was it more like a cow cheese?

Christina, it could have been a Montrachet.

I was in Paris several years ago when the BN came out. Had some GDB and was very disappointed. It has no body.

I don't understand the hoopla about BN. I'll just stick with my merlot!

We opened our bottle tonight with family. Now that I know what all the hoopla's about, I don't know if I'll spend the ten bucks for it again, but it was rather good with my hamburger and fries. :D

Hi, All.. I may be in the minority, but I like it :-) I bought a case of it to enjoy during the holidays...I doubt it would be good after that. Sam's Wine Store in Chicago has it for $7.49 a bottle or $85.00 a case, but you have to order it online for that price.

http://www.samswine.com/homepage.asp

The shipping is probably expensive. I bought a case for 10% off in town. Cost about $120 for 12 bottles.

Sandy