Bar Kick invites you to celebrate the arrival of this year's Beaujolais Nouveau, savouring it with the superbly robust food of the region to the accompaniment of traditional French music.

Beaujolais Nouveau Evening
Thursday 19th November from 6pm

This deliciously light, fruity wine is made from the Gamay grapes of the Beaujolais region, and released at the stroke of midnight on the third Thursday in November. The fresh young (two months) wine is intended to be drunk immediately. Bar Kick will serve it perfectly chilled and to complement it, will create typical dishes from the Burgundy-Beaujolais region, including Lapin au Cidre and Tarte Tatin au Pommes (full menu below).
 
Music will be provided by Kick’s piano and French accordion along with classic French café ditties from resident songstress Madame Chanteuse d’Enfer.
 
The evening Kicks off at 6pm - come early to get a table, and sample the wine that comes but once a year!
 

What's the story behind the event?

At one minute past midnight on the third Thursday in November, from vineyards in villages and towns of the region, over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau begin their journey to Paris for immediate shipment to all corners of the world. A fresh, light red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region, it is the most popular vin de primeur (‘early product wine’) fermented for just a few weeks, then – by French law - only released for sale on the third Thursday. On this day the producers race each other to get the first bottles to market and the news is proclaimed: Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! "The New Beaujolais has arrived!" Originally a local event in the bars and cafés of Beaujolais and Lyon, it's now celebrated worldwide.
 

Bar Kick’s Full Beaujolais Day Menu

Bar Kick, 127 Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch, London E1 6JE.
Tel: 020 7739 8700

www.cafekick.co.uk