This year's batch of Beaujolais nouveau goes on sale across the world today - but poor harvests could make it harder to get your hands on a bottle. The first cases of the simple, some would say bland, French red wine are traditionally delivered on the third Thursday in November.Due to their time zone, Japanese wine buffs will be the first to raise their glasses of the drink, which is made from Gamay grapes in Beaujeu, Burgundy.But the region's producers have suffered their worst harvest since 1975, meaning that only a few hundred thousand bottles have been shipped to the UK."Bad weather in August affected a quarter of our vines, and some producers lost all of theirs," said Dominique Capart of the trade group Inter Beaujolais.
The first cases of the simple, some would say bland, French red wine are traditionally delivered on the third Thursday in November.
Due to their time zone, Japanese wine buffs will be the first to raise their glasses of the drink, which is made from Gamay grapes in Beaujeu, Burgundy.
But the region's producers have suffered their worst harvest since 1975, meaning that only a few hundred thousand bottles have been shipped to the UK.
"Bad weather in August affected a quarter of our vines, and some producers lost all of theirs," said Dominique Capart of the trade group Inter Beaujolais.
You can have all the bottles you want for export! Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
