Beaujolais Nouveau Day lands Thursday, Nov 19, and Inter Beaujolais has turned November into Beaujolais Wine Month with roughly 140 events across NYC, Jersey City, New Jersey and Chicago. Plus the FACC party at Brownstone Social, why cru Beaujolais belongs on the Thanksgiving table, Finger Lakes and Shawangunk trail weekends that are already selling out, new rooms at Stars, Bar a Part and Mitani, and the six-bottle math for a table of eight.

Nineteen days, four big dates. RAW WINE New York marks its tenth anniversary at Industry City Nov 8-9 with an after-party at Have & Meyer, the NYC Autumn Wine & Food Festival takes the Grand Hall at St. Mary's on Nov 7, Beaujolais Nouveau lands Nov 19 with the FACC party at Brownstone Social, and Thanksgiving falls on its latest possible date, Nov 26. Plus how to work a fair that size, why cru Beaujolais beats Nouveau at the table, and where to buy before the shelves thin out.

The tents are down and the city's wine life moves indoors. Wine Spectator's New York Wine Experience pours Oct 22-24 at the Marriott Marquis, then the calendar thins out into the best month for a seat at the bar (Stars, Friars, Bar a Part, La Compagnie, Gigi's). Plus New York Cabernet Franc as the Thanksgiving answer, classes to book from Oct 29 to Nov 21, the NYC Autumn Wine & Food Festival Nov 7, and Beaujolais Nouveau on Nov 19.