Beaujolais Nouveau 2008 - Wine in a Plastic Bottle?

Beaujolais Nouveau 2008 - Wine in a Plastic Bottle?

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From 6 a.m. this morning, the news has been covering the arrival of the 2008 Beaujolais Nouveau in Tokyo. As usual, comments like "fruity" and "this year is really good" are being made, but the big news this year is that some of the wine is coming in plastic PET bottles.

As the wine is brought in by air, and with the strong yen, some vintners in Beaujolais put their wines in plastic bottles. Commenters said as long as the wine is consumed young, which Beaujolais is meant to be, that the condition of the wine should be good.

Beaujolais Nouveau Season in Japan again

Beaujolais Nouveau Season in Japan again

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It's that time of year again when Beaujolais Nouveau wine hits the market in Japan. When I was working at Takashimaya we would start taking orders for these wines more than a month out. According to this article in The Japan Times it states that sales are on the decrease in Japan. I was surprised to see though that 46% of the Beaujolais Nouveau wines are imported to Japan. Then again, seeing how much of it we sold, I should not be surprised.