It is the annual autumnal party that wine enthusiasts and fun lovers across the world can’t ignore!<br /><br /> The Beaujolais Nouveau has arrived and nowhere are the celebrations more lively than in Lyon, the French city on the doorstep of the famous wine-producing region.<br /><br /> But as our correspondent Pierre Assémat reports, this year wine producers have decided to launch not one but several new Beaujolais wines. <br /><br /> They are eager to give a boost to the traditional Beaujolais Nouveau whose sales have been declining in recent years, despite the fact that it is highly prized internationally.<br /><br /> Beaujolais Nouveau is Out !We’ve tasted it… Ripe, well-made with deep dark fruit flavor is GeorgesDuboeuf'shttps://t.co/eQ3EoOVE58 pic.twitter.com/Q8o1AdLCi7— Social Vignerons (SocialVignerons) 17 novembre 2016<br /><br /> Each year, the new batch goes on sale at one minute past midnight on the third Thursday in November.<br /><br /> In Lyon, we found festivities still in full swing nearly 24 hours later and, from those behind the Beaujolais magic, an upbeat message.<br /><br /> Lyon : le beaujolais nouveau dégusté sur la place des Terreauxhttps://t.co/NYibbYTqvm pic.twitter.com/MQHPdkaQH0— Le Progrès (@Le_Progres) 17 novembre 2016<br /><br /> “We are present in 45 countries worldwide,” said Jérémy Giroud, General Secretary of the Rhône region’s young farmers.<br /><br /> “The figures are good. We are rather optimistic about the foreign market and at home it is pretty good. It is growing.”<br /><br /> Whatever the sales, France’s Beaujolais Nouveau tradition has made its mark across the planet and, in Japan, wine lovers have even been bathing in the famous tipple!<br /><br /> Japanese #wine lovers bathe in new vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau: https://t.co/5clyroJbo2 via Reuters— Jordan Winery (jordanwinery) 17 novembre 2016<br />
