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    Beaujolais Nouveau

    Beaujolais Nouveau wine season starts this weekend. It's also a pre-Thanksgiving day feast that marks the end of the harvest season. Beaujolais Nouveau refers to the 7- 9-week old wine made from the Gamay grape that is grown in Burgundy France.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Beaujolais Nouveau wine season starts this weekend. It's also a pre-Thanksgiving day feast that marks the end of the harvest season. Beaujolais Nouveau refers to the 7- 9-week old wine made from the Gamay grape that is grown in Burgundy France. In 1985, the French government declared that Beaujolais Nouveau be sold beginning on the third Thursday of November worldwide. Du Vin Wine's wine specialist Stacie Hunt decants this quaffing wine and recommends:

    Du Vin Wine & Spirits

    540 N San Vicente Blvd

    West Hollywood, CA 90048

    310-855-1161

    Music break: The Clouds by Spacemen

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    Thanksgiving With Jonathan Gold; Holiday Etiquette; Wines
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00Thanksgiving with Jonathan Gold
    3. 15:00Soy-Brined Roasted Turkey
    4. 22:00Beaujolais NouveauYou’re reading this
    5. 29:00How to Cook a Turkey
    6. 36:00Holiday Etiquette
    7. 43:00Listeners' Last Meals
    8. 48:00Save The Turkey
    9. 53:00Bless This Food
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    4 of 9
    Thanksgiving With Jonathan Gold; Holiday Etiquette; Wines
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00Thanksgiving with Jonathan Gold
    3. 15:00Soy-Brined Roasted Turkey
    4. 22:00Beaujolais NouveauYou’re reading this
    5. 29:00How to Cook a Turkey
    6. 36:00Holiday Etiquette
    7. 43:00Listeners' Last Meals
    8. 48:00Save The Turkey
    9. 53:00Bless This Food
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