France's premier café wine is Beaujolais: easy to like easy to understand, occasionally brilliant. Hugh takes a look.
Price key: $=less than $20 $$= $20-40 $$$=$40-60 $$$$=above $60
Quality key: * = decent wine ** = very good wine *** = superb wine ****= elite
VALUE = exceptional quality for the money
Bichot Beaujolais-Villages "Chat. de Varennes" '20 **1/2 $ VALUE
(Robust, aromatic with notes of violets and raspberry, good acidity)
Bichot Morgon, "Les Charmes" '20 *** $$ WINE OF THE WEEK
(Elegant, with strawberry and earthy notes, good weight, balance)
Chat. des Jacques Moulin-à-Vent '20 ***
(Full flavored and impressive, notes of crushed flowers, coffee, age-worthy)
All of these wines can be purchased at Kenilworth Wine and Spirits.