Georges Duboeuf, the best-known shipper in Beaujolais, would like to see the cru producers cut back to 40 hectoliters to a hectare. |
I grow wine on 20 hectares around Dalmach, where I produce a Frankstein grand cru used to make Gewurztraminer and Riesling. |
But good heavens, how did the ancients work, so that, 80 years later, this cru could give us so much pleasure? |
This is not as well served in Ireland, but considered the top cru by most, with prices to match for the best wine. |
It's a dandy little red wine that may remind you of a cru Beaujolais, but a bit spicier. |
The real story of Beaujolais is found in the 10 cru wines named after villages, which have been the unwitting victims of decades of abuse of the Beaujolais name. |