Where to Drink Beaujolais Nouveau Wine in Austin

Ah, Beaujolais Nouveau — that fantastic light and fruity red wine made with Gamay grapes from the central-east French region. The wine is typically available for a short amount of time in November, and it’s so anticipated that there is an unofficial day dedicated to its release date, falling on the third Thursday of November.

This year’s Beaujolais Nouveau Day is on Thursday, November 21. While there aren’t a whole lot of Austin bars and restaurants serving this exquisite wine, there are a few. Luckily for you, Eater Austin is rounding them up all here.

Where to find Beaujolais Nouveau

Everything below should be available starting on Thursday, November 21

Texas wine importer David Mayfield Selections with U.S. wine importer Louis Dressner Selections are distributing bottles of French winery Kéké Descombes’s Beaujolais Nouveau by winemaker Kewin Descombes, which will be available at several Austin bars and restaurants pending its shipment for Beaujolais Nouveau Day. Once secured, those will include:

• East Cesar Chavez pizza/wine restaurant Bufalina and its Brentwood counterpart Bufalina Due
• East Sixth cocktail bar Daydreamer
• North Loop New American restaurant Foreign & Domestic
• Far south Austin cafe and wine bar Golden Hour
• Govalle French restaurant Justine’s
• East Sixth wine bar LoLo
• South Congress cafe and wine shop the Meteor
• Chestnut neighborhood Mexican restaurant Nixta Taqueria
• Clarksville wine bar Rosie’s
• West Anderson Lane market and wine shop Sunrise Mini Mart
• The Hyde Park location of boutique market Tiny Grocer

Elsewhere, South First New Texan Lenoir will offer Beaujolais Nouveau from French winery Domaine Dupeuble by the glass and bottle. The restaurant will also offer Beaujolais Villages and Crus.

East Seventh wine bar Apt 115 will serve Domaine de la Prébende’s Beaujolais Nouveau.

Rosedale French-Louisianan restaurant Epicerie will be serving several Beaujolais Nouveau wines.

Round Rock Texas

Beaujolais Nouveau Day events

Everything below takes place on Thursday, November 21

Wine bar LoLo will be pouring glasses of Descombes’s Beaujolais Nouveau (see above) as well as offering bottles of various producers’ Beaujolais Nouveau.

Cocktail bar Daydreamer will be celebrating Descombes’s Beaujolais Nouveau (see above) with a sundown toast to the wine, plus free sparklers and snacks for people who buy the wine.

The city of Round Rock is hosting its annual Beaujolais Night. The wine festival includes tastings of the Beaujolais Nouveau from French winery Georges Duboeuf. Then there are a ton of food samples and vendors available from local restaurants and trucks such as Elsie’s Egg Rolls, Lono’s Southern Cooking, JP’s Pancake Company, etc. There’s also a screening of the French drama film You Will Be My Son. And finally, there are performances and activities. It’s only open to people 21 years and older. It takes place in downtown Round Rock at Prete Plaza and Main Street from 5 to 9 p.m.

The nonprofit Austin Accueil (which is an organization for people who speak French in Austin) is hosting a Beaujolais Nouveau tasting at the French Legation State Historic Site in Central East Austin. There will be the wines, of course, along with cheese and charcuterie. It’s free for its members and sponsors and $20 cash only for everyone else at the door. Reservations can be made by emailing [email protected] by Tuesday, November 19. It runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.