Vineyards near Beaujeu, Rhône, France (© Richard Semik/Shutterstock)

【November 17 2016】Perhaps a guest at your Thanksgiving table will offer a bottle of Beaujolais nouveau wine as a gift. Don’t stash it in the pantry for next year—instead, pour and share. Ancient Romans first cultivated grapes for wine in the region now known as Beaujeu, and locals have long enjoyed Beaujolais nouveau as a way to celebrate the harvest. Word of the seasonal festivities spread after World War II, and by the 1980s and ‘90s the annual release of Beaujolais nouveau had become a global phenomenon. The ‘nouveau’ part of the wine’s name means it was harvested, fermented, and sold in the same year—in the case of Beaujolais, that means just a few weeks. Today the 2016 Beaujolais is finally available. What took so long?Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..