For the many people in Taiwan who enjoy Beaujolais Nouveau, try this wine. At under $500, it's a much better wine with the same Beaujolais freshness but greater concentration and structure.

This wine offers most of the pleasant characteristics of a good Beaujolais wine. It is a light wine with fresh and fruity flavors and little tannins. The wine offers many of the vibrant flavors and heady bouquet that Beaujolais lovers cherish. The freshness of the wine goes well with light dishes like French Sausages, Cold Meat Patter and even gourmet Hamburgers. This wine also matches well with Dim Sum and popular Cantonese dishes including Suckling Pig, Roasted Duck and Beef with Kale.

Let's get one thing straight, Beaujolais Nouveau is largely hype and marketing. There are other Beaujolais wines more worth trying. At the top are 10 Cru status villages led by Moulin-A-Vent. Beaujolais Villages AOC wines include 39 villages that come from better vineyards in the Northern Beaujolais area. Louis Latour is one of the areas biggest producers with generally good quality wines.

John H. Isacs

This wine offers most of the pleasant characteristics of a good Beaujolais wine. It is a light wine with fresh and fruity flavors and little tannins. The wine offers many of the vibrant flavors and heady bouquet that Beaujolais lovers cherish. The freshness of the wine goes well with light dishes like French Sausages, Cold Meat Patter and even gourmet Hamburgers. This wine also matches well with Dim Sum and popular Cantonese dishes including Suckling Pig, Roasted Duck and Beef with Kale.

Let's get one thing straight, Beaujolais Nouveau is largely hype and marketing. There are other Beaujolais wines more worth trying. At the top are 10 Cru status villages led by Moulin-A-Vent. Beaujolais Villages AOC wines include 39 villages that come from better vineyards in the Northern Beaujolais area. Louis Latour is one of the areas biggest producers with generally good quality wines.

John H. Isacs