In the third week of every November is one of the most fun, exuberant and anticipated events in the whole wine world: at one minute past midnight on Thursday the first bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau become available! It has become a worldwide race to be the first to serve to this new wine of the harvest. In doing so, it will be carried by motorcycle, balloon, truck, helicopter, Concorde jet, elephant, runners and rickshaws to get it to its final destination. It is amazing to realize that just wee...