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Beaujolais: un nouveau cru «festif et meilleur que l'année dernière» Après une année marquée par les aléas climatiques qui ont pénalisé la production, le Beaujolais nouveau est de retour: l'événement a été fêté dans la nuit dans les principaux fiefs de la région.
Hakone, Nov 19 (EFE/EPA).- Men, women and children soaked themselves on Thursday in a wine-hued bath to match the vintage Beaujolais Nouveau on the day of the wine's seasonal release in Japan.The wine-lovers' glasses were kept full by the ever-watchful servers at the Hakone Kowakien Yunessun hot spring resort in Hakone, west of Tokyo, where the event was being held.The relatively inexpensive wine that is bottled soon after harvest and doesn't need to age, is sold once a year on the third Thursday of November, also known as the "Beaujolais Nouveau Day", and released in local markets at 12:01 a.m. local time.Japan is a major market for the wine, along with Germany and the United States.(Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: WINE-LOVERS ENJOY HOT WATER 'WINE BATH' AT HAKONE KOWAKIEN YUNESSUN HOT SPRING RESORT IN HAKONE, WEST OF TOKYO, JAPAN.
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