Japanese Koshu Wine Promoted In UK

MoIppai — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:42:15 +0000

I read today that the Yamanashi governor Shomei Yokouchi and a group of winery owners from Yamanashi Prefecture are currently promoting their Japanese Koshu white wines in Europe, starting off in London.

This reminded me of when my wife and I visited L’Orient Winery in Katsunuma, (the main city in Yamanashi prefecture) last summer and met Mr Takao Uchida the president of Shirayuri Winery Company. He told us about their plans for promoting the Katsunuma wine in the UK.

Takao Uchidasan President of Shirayuri Winery (and us)

A really friendly guy who gave us a tour of his vineyards and let us try the grapes off the vine!
He’s also appeared in a Japanese manga about food and wine,
called “Oishinbo” (美味しんぼ）　- it’s not often you get to meet a comic character in real life!
(Issue 80 if anyone’s interested – a special on Katsunuma wines and wineries).

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Domaine Chateraise Winery in Katsunuma Japan

MoIppai — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:39:16 +0000

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Domaine Chateraise in Katsunuma, Japan

The great thing about Katsunuma (one of the main winery areas in Japan) is it’s size. Pretty much each winery and vineyard is in walking distance.
Our “minshoku” (called Tembouen and highly recommended if you stay in Katsunuma) which is like a Japanese B&B seemed to be pretty much in the centre and was within 10 minutes walking distance of 4 wineyards including one of the largest and most famous, Mercian.

However we started with a little winery, called Domaine Chateraise that was literally next to our B&B.

It had a very small tasting room/shop and was empty when we went. Despite it being a national holiday and crowds were expected I guess they weren’t in the mood for wine tasting that day.
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Japanese Koshu Wine Promoted In UK

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