Celebrate all weekend with a special two-course meal that’s designed to pair withthe young wine. Purchase a bottle of Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau, andyou’ll get a $29 menu with choices such as country pate with pickles and a baguette,steak frites, and coq au vin. The menu is available Thursday through Saturday.

Think you can identify where a pinot noir comes from? When you head into CentralMichel Richard from 5-10 p.m. on Thursday, not only can you get Domaine Dupeuble by the bottle or glass, you can test your palate with wine tasting games. They’ll also be offering 15% off all other wines from the Burgundy region, Parisian jazz, and a special menu with items like Cote de Boeufs with Beaujolais reduction and crème brulee French toast.

Vinoteca switches things up a bit with a Beaujolais NO-veau celebration. Instead ofoffering tastes of the young wine, they’ll focus on two vintages from 2011, so youcan taste what Beaujolais Nouveau can become. Stop in on Thursday for $10 specials on two artisan Beaujolais wines, including a rare white one made with Chardonnay grapes.

Can’t make it out Thursday? Mon Ami Gabi in Bethesda is offering a special menufrom November 15 at 5 p.m. until November 21 at 8 p.m. The menu offers dishes inspired by the wine, including oysters with Beaujolais mignonette, cream of garlic soup with cabbage, beans, and duck confit, and blackcurrant sorbet with red wine syrup.

The Alliance Française’s annual Friday night party is a big one, with light bitesfrom La Sandia, Zengo, and Zentan, plus French bread, cheese, pâté, and pastries.The Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais will flow freely, plus there will be a blind tastingcontest, trivia, and other activities.