(17 Nov 2022)
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Paris – 17 November 2022
1. Rodrigue Guillet, Au Pied de Cochon’s Assistant Manager, ringing a bell announcing the uncorking of Beaujolais Nouveau 2022 UPSOUND (French) “Ladies, Gentlemen, we announce the opening of the Beaujolais Nouveau.”
2. Restaurant patrons applauding and cheering
3. Waiter pouring the first bottles
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Patrick Queasada, A Beaujolais Nouveau Aficionado:
“By tradition, every year, Beaujolais Nouveau is here at Au Pied de Cochon, because it’s pleasant, no stress, everybody is cool and that’s the best way to drink the new wine.”
5. Patrons clinking their glasses
6. Close of American tourist Miguel Calderon drinking the Beaujolais Nouveau
7. Wide of Calderon and others at the bar
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Miguel Calderon, American Tourist from Chicago:
“So far I like it. You can tell it’s a younger wine. It’s not as deep as the other wines but very surprised at how smooth it is, and not as acidic as newer wines are.”
9. Pan to bottle
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Catrina Debord, American Tourist from Chicago, Miguel’s Wife:
“No I am familiar with Beaujolais but it’s the first time I’m having it in France the day it’s released.”
(Reporter asks off camera: “And what’s the feeling like?”)
“Quite excited to be honest, it’s something I’ve known about for years but to have it here, the absolute day it’s released, is really exciting and it’s wonderful this year.”
11. Bottle is uncorked and poured
12. Various of winemaker of this Beaujolais Nouveau Gilles Gelin
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Gilles Gelin, Winemaker, Domain Des Nugues (Produced the bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau in this restaurant):
“For me it’s a superb moment because the month of November is the start of fall and the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau is a moment of conviviality, sharing wine is sharing pleasure. It arrives at a sad moment and therefore the combination of these moments is that the planets are aligned. A real moment of pleasure and sharing.”
14. Cutaway of Gelin
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Gilles Gelin, Winemaker, Domain Des Nugues (asked about the impact of global warming on his grapes and wine):
“It’s bad news in terms of volume because we’ve had a harvest that is lower in volume but very pretty juice, we have freshness. You’ll see if you taste the wine that the Beaujolais Nouveau 2022 is a very competitive vintage.”
16. Pan of the restaurant
17. Close bottles
18. Pan exteriors
STORYLINE:
The 2022 Beaujolais Nouveau is out.
In France, the first bottles of this young fruity wine were uncorked just after midnight by tradition, as always, on the third Thursday of November.
It is another year and another vintage of a celebration the world over that blends an easy-to-drink-no-fuss wine with a powerful marketing campaign.
Au Pied de Cochon or At the Pigs’ Feet in English, the all-night Parisian brasserie that opened in 1947, has become a well-known spot to celebrate the ritualistic annual uncorking of Beaujolais Nouveau at midnight.
Assistant Director Rodrigue Guillet rang in this year’s vintage to an eager clientele.
Patrick Quesada makes it a point to be among the first to drink this year’s vintage and he wasn’t disappointed.
American couple Catrina Debord and Miguel Calderon are visiting Paris from Chicago. They are happy to be soaking up the rich atmosphere.
Winemaker Gilles Gelin supplies this particular Beaujolais Nouveau to the restaurant and makes some sixty thousand bottles this year.
Climate change has caused drought and earlier harvests in the Beaujolais region, he said.
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