BEIJING

Beaujolais nouveau

At one past midnight on the third Thursday of each November, banners proclaim the good news: Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive! "The New Beaujolais has arrived!" You won't have to wait quite that late next week: Novotel San-yuan will host a tasting starting at 7 pm: Members of sponsoring French organizations pay 80 yuan ($12.50), non-members 100 yuan to enter, with wine by the glass from 15-50 yuan. It's a charity benefit, with 35,000 yuan in prizes in a lucky draw. RSVP by Tuesday at beaujolais.beijing@gmail.com.

Novotel Sanyuan, Tower 18, A5 Shuguang Xili, Chaoyang district.

Chinese wine dinner

Sofitel Wanda Hotel hosts a wine dinner next Friday, pairing five 1421 wines from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region at its Yi Pin Chinese restaurant. The six-course dinner includes sweet-and-sour mandarin fish, Wagyu beef with black pepper and egg dumpling for 688 yuan.

93 Jianguo Road, Tower C Wanda Plaza, Chaoyang district. 010-8599-6666.

SHENZHEN

Feast for season

In Chinese tradition and custom, autumn is the season to strengthen one's body with nourishing and delicious food. T'ang Court Chinese restaurant in the Langham Hotel, Shenzhen hosts Michelin-starred chef Tsang Chiu King to present innovative and modern Cantonese dishes through Sunday, with precious ingredients such as black truffle, goose liver, black pork, Wagyu beef and matsutake, giving modern Cantonese dishes exciting twists on traditional flavors.

7888 Shennan Boulevard, Futian district. 755-8828-9888.

(China Daily 11/13/2015 page19)