"Le nouveau Beaujolais est arrivée.”

The last symbol of fall has arrived. The signs are in the windows "Le nouveau Beaujolais est arrivée.” This is right up there with the signs about the hunt having arrived (pheasant, deer, etc.) served in restaurants and the roast chestnut stands that give off such wonderful smells that even if you don't like roast chestnuts you buy them in their brown paper cones to warm your hands and sniff.

I prefer the sound of the wine Bow-jo-lais to the taste. Still there is something too ceremonial about sampling it to pass it by.

So I will have a glass in the next few days as I will go out on the street for some leaf-kicking and enjoyment of the smells, tastes and feeling of autumn.