(16 Nov 2023)
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Paris – 16 November 2023
1. Rodrigue Guillet, Assistant Manager of brasserie ‘Au Pied du Cochon’ ringing bell and ushering in this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau
HEADLINE: New Beaujolais Nouveau Vintage uncorked
ANNOTATION: If it’s midnight in France on the third Thursday in November then it must be just the time to uncork the new vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau.
2. Various of patrons toasting with Beaujolais Nouveau
ANNOTATION: By strict tradition the first bottles of this young and fruity wine are uncorked precisely at midnight French time to great fanfare.
3. Guillet pouring and handing out wine
ANNOTATION: The arrival of this French wine was celebrated at Paris’ ‘Au Pied de Cochon’ brasserie.
4. Various of patrons toasting and drinking wine
ANNOTATION: The nearly all-night venue has been around since 1947 and is known as the go-to place to catch the Beaujolais Nouveau event at midnight in the capital.
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Anne Albaret, patron celebrating birthday:
“I tasted the Beaujolais Nouveau and it’s very good. A bit of a banana taste like every year but it is really very good this year.”
6. Various of Beaujolais winemaker Gilles Gelin uncorking wine he has produced and pouring it
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Gilles Gelin, Beaujolais winemaker:
++SHOTS 8 AND 9 PARTLY OVERLAID ON SOUNDBITE++
“Of course the world economy has a huge impact. We are in a sad month amid a difficult economy right now and therefore this little moment of Beaujolais Nouveau is bringing us a little conviviality, a bit of sunshine during this sad November.”
8. Pan of patrons eating and drinking at tables
9. Tilt down of restaurant exterior ++NIGHT SHOT++
STORYLINE:
If it’s midnight in France on the third Thursday in November then it must be just the time to uncork the new vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau.
By strict tradition the first bottles of this young and fruity wine are uncorked precisely at midnight French time to great fanfare.
The arrival of this French wine was celebrated at Paris’ ‘Au Pied de Cochon’ brasserie.
The nearly all-night venue has been around since 1947 and is known as the go-to place to catch the Beaujolais Nouveau event at midnight in the capital.
Winemaker Gilles Gelin said the wine brought a bit of joy in an otherwise dreary time.
“We are in a sad month amid a difficult economy right now and therefore this little moment of Beaujolais Nouveau is bringing us a little conviviality, a bit of sunshine during this sad November,” he said.
AP Video shot by Helena Alves
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