Thursday 19 November: Beaujolais Nouveau is here
Beaujolais Nouveau is released every year on the third Thursday of November. In 2026 that falls on Thursday 19 November, and Café Max celebrates its arrival at lunch and at dinner.
Yes, that's right: Anthony Charvet's “Beaujo Beau” is back. A fruity, wonderfully fresh wine to go with your meal from start to finish.
Anthony Charvet's Beaujo Beau, from Chiroubles
Anthony Charvet grows and makes his wine in Chiroubles, one of the ten Beaujolais crus, up on the slopes between Fleurie and Morgon. His Beaujo Beau is a primeur wine: Gamay made to be drunk young, for its fruit, without waiting.
It is no seasonal discovery for us. The rest of the year his wines are on our list: four Chiroubles (“Granite”, “LXIR” 2023 and 2020, “Terra Terre”) and two Morgon (“Fontriante” and “Qvevri”). You will find them on the wine list.
« In Beaujolais Nouveau season, they give in to Anthony Charvet's very fruity “beaujo beau”, served in magnum. »
— Gilles Pudlowski, December 2024
On the specials board: Lyon-style pistachio sausage in brioche
For the occasion, Chef Frédéric Vardon puts a classic of Lyon's bouchons on the specials board: pistachio sausage baked in brioche. A generous slice, golden brioche all around, the sausage studded with pistachios at the centre.
They say Lyon is watered by three rivers: the Rhône, the Saône and the Beaujolais. Café Max is a member of the Toques Blanches Lyonnaises, and on that day the Beaujo Beau and the sausage in brioche meet just as they would in a Lyon bouchon. The rest of the menu is of course available too.
Beaujolais all year round at Café Max
Beaujolais Nouveau is only a way in. Beaujolais is the leading region in our cellar, with more than 150 references and all ten crus from Saint-Amour to Moulin-à-Vent: all the Beaujolais at Café Max, cru by cru.
And every autumn, at the end of the harvest, the house holds the Révole, a dinner where everyone brings a bottle of Gamay.
Book your table
Thursday 19 November, lunch from 12.15pm to 2pm, dinner from 7pm to 9.45pm, at 7 avenue de la Motte-Picquet, Paris 7th. La Tour-Maubourg metro station is 40 metres away.
Book your table on our website or call +33 1 47 05 57 66. The Beaujo Beau is waiting for you, and so are we, to raise a glass to the new vintage.
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The Café Max crew
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