Kobe Wine Tunnel – Photo Credit : Asahi Shinbun
There was an interesting article in the Asahi Shinbun (Asahi Newspaper).It’s obviously in Japanese so I’ve tried to translate the gist of it here.
It seems over 40 years ago Port Island in Kobe was being built and a huge tunnel was dug to move… Continue reading
A pleasant 30 minute walk from our B&B led us to L’Orient Winery (also called Shirayuri Winery).
L'Orient Winery
We really struck gold with this one, as while we were wandering around the shop and tasting room the winery owner, Mr Takao Uchida, who was extremely friendly with everyone, started talking to us… Continue reading
One of the largest and most famous wineries in Japan is Chateau Mercian and the Mercian Katsunuma Winery.
Mercian Winery
This is the Japanese wine you usually find in supermarkets and convenience stores throughout Japan. They tend to cover all price ranges from the cheapest, table/cooking wine to expensive vintage wine. Grace Winery on… Continue reading
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
The next winery on our tour of Katsunuma wineries in Japan was directly across the road from Domaine Chateraise, the Chanmoris Winery owned by the rather long named company Koshu Budou ShuHonPo.
Not sure what that translates as but Koshu Budou = Koshu Grapes, which are the only native grapes to Japan, and make up a lot of Japanese wines.
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