Jaguar Project 8 Euro Tour part 1. Reims GP circuit, Beaujolais Nouveau & history of Beaujolais Run

2021 Beaujolais Nouveau was released at one minute past midnight on the 18th November and we took the Jaguar Project 8 down to the Beaujolais region of France to meet up with Laurent Savoye, a well regarded wine producer in this region. If you want to buy any of the wines we sampled in this video, please click on the link to find out more: www.privatecellar.co.uk/produ...
We also meet up with the 2021 Beaujolais Run team to find out more about this famous event and join them at the annual Fireworks display celebrating the release of this year's Beaujolais Nouveau. If you fancy entering next year's event, or find out more about the Beaujolais run, click on this link: www.beaujolaisrun.com/
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I did a similar route when I got my Lotus. One thing I remember from Reimes circuit was a bit painted on the wall - "Remember the Pilots, respect the site".

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Always great videos thanks ! Regarding the circuit of Reims, there was few years back "weekend de l'excellence automobile" and they recreated the track and a lot of nice cars met there. 1 problem the parc fermé was in the mud and now it seems the event exists again under de name Reims-Gueux "légende" and will occur on September 18th 2022. Maybe an opportunity to test this track

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Thanks for the info. I knew they had started to renovate the buildings but wasn’t sure for what event. Now we know!

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Thoroughly enjoying this trip so far!

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This was quite enjoyable. We lived vicariously through this video, and learned about another bucket-list trip: the Beaujolais Run!

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