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New wines from Château Mercian, a leading Japanese winery

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I have visited Château Mercian a couple of times before. They have wineries in both of Japan’s major wine regions,

Yoshiharu Kounishi is from Hiroshima, which is famous for its Sake. After he finished university he joined Epson, where he

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Next stop was the Inishienosato Budoshu winery in Shiojiri City. The rules here allow small wineries of 2000 litres. Normally

Suntory is one of Japan’s leading drink companies, famous for their whiskies. But they also make wine. The company began

Les Vins Vivants is a new venture in Tomi City, Nagano, Japan. Takahiro Ogino and his partner Tomoko are the

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Toshihiro Ike is the winegrower behind Nagomi Vineyards. He moved to Tomi City a decade ago after working as an

I was back at the fabulous Tomi Wine Chapel in Nagano, for a wine tasting. This is a very cool

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496 Winery is run by Noriyuki Iijima, who was a professional pursuit cyclist riding for the Japanese team. With his

One of the specialities of the mountainous Nagano prefecture (also known as Shinshu) is Soba noodles. These are made from

This comes from a small winery high up (800 m) in Nagano that I visited last year. I tasted this