Host a Party to Try a Very New Wine

We were away last weekend, and one of the highlights of the trip was discovering a wine and cheese shop that we hadn't explored before. After sampling the wines in the shop we picked up a bottle of local wine to enjoy when we returned back home. That wine will be new for us even though the locals are probably familiar with it. But there's wine on the horizon that will be new to everyone - the upcoming release of the French Beaujolais Nouveau on the third Thursday of this month. That sounds to me like a good excuse for a wine and cheese party.