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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Wine Tasting Room at Kurambon Winery, Katsunuma - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Sommelier at  & Wine Tasting Room - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • The first full scale winery in Japan, Chateau Kamiya, was built in 1903 by Denbei Kamiya. The main building is of French-style masonry architecture with a reddish-brown wall, green roof and a white clock. Denbei Kamiya, went to France in the late 1800s to undergo training and acquired techniques in wine production in hopes of introducing wine to the Japanese, returning to his country to established its first winery. .
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  • The first full scale winery in Japan, Chateau Kamiya, was built in 1903 by Denbei Kamiya. The main building is of French-style masonry architecture with a reddish-brown wall, green roof and a white clock. Denbei Kamiya, went to France in the late 1800s to undergo training and acquired techniques in wine production in hopes of introducing wine to the Japanese, returning to his country to established its first winery. .
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  • Grace Winery Katsunuma - A young Japanese man raised in Katsunuma, Yamanashi was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma. Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers. Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.  This has started a “wine boom” in Japan not only with imported wines from France, California, Chile and Italy with the home-grown varieties. Wine tours have the effect of increasing tourism to Yamanashi and so twee hotels have opened in the area as well as European style restaurants and bakeries to compliment the wines.
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  • Grace Winery Katsunuma - A young Japanese man raised in Katsunuma, Yamanashi was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma. Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers. Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.  This has started a “wine boom” in Japan not only with imported wines from France, California, Chile and Italy with the home-grown varieties. Wine tours have the effect of increasing tourism to Yamanashi and so twee hotels have opened in the area as well as European style restaurants and bakeries to compliment the wines.
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  • Grace Winery Katsunuma - A young Japanese man raised in Katsunuma, Yamanashi was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma. Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers. Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.  This has started a “wine boom” in Japan not only with imported wines from France, California, Chile and Italy with the home-grown varieties. Wine tours have the effect of increasing tourism to Yamanashi and so twee hotels have opened in the area as well as European style restaurants and bakeries to compliment the wines.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Ceramic Wine Barrels Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Country Art Cafe - A young Japanese man raised in Katsunuma, Yamanashi was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma. Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers. Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.  This has started a “wine boom” in Japan not only with imported wines from France, California, Chile and Italy with the home-grown varieties. Wine tours have the effect of increasing tourism to Yamanashi and so twee hotels have opened in the area as well as European style restaurants, cafes and bakeries to compliment the wines.
    yamanashi-winery-33.jpg
  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
    katsunuma-wine-barrels-2.jpg
  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
    katsunuma-wine-barrels-7.jpg
  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
    katsunuma-wine-barrels-4.jpg
  • Katsunuma Wine Caves & Barrels  - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Ceramic Wine Barrels - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Suzuki-en Bed & Breakfast in Katsunuma Wine Country that caters to wine tours - A young Japanese man raised in Katsunuma, Yamanashi was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma. Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers. Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.  This has started a “wine boom” in Japan not only with imported wines from France, California, Chile and Italy with the home-grown varieties. Wine tours have the effect of increasing tourism to Yamanashi and so twee hotels have opened in the area as well as European style restaurants and bakeries to compliment the wines.
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  • Suzuki-en Bed & Breakfast in Katsunuma Wine Country that caters to wine tours - A young Japanese man raised in Katsunuma, Yamanashi was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma. Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers. Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.  This has started a “wine boom” in Japan not only with imported wines from France, California, Chile and Italy with the home-grown varieties. Wine tours have the effect of increasing tourism to Yamanashi and so twee hotels have opened in the area as well as European style restaurants and bakeries to compliment the wines.
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  • Katsunuma Vineyards - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Katsunuma Vineyards - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Koshu Grapes Katsunuma Vineyards - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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  • Koshu Grapes Katsunuma Vineyards - Yamanashi is the birthplace of Japanese wine. A young man raised in Katsunuma was dispatched to France in 1870  to learn techniques in winemaking and from these beginnings many wineries were established in Katsunuma.  Since the 1870s, wineries in Koshu and Katsunuma have continued to refine their product to cultivate some fairly impressive wines.  In just the Katsunuma area alone, one can find well over 200 winemakers.  Katsunuma has a unique climate that is natural for viticulture because of the soil and climate.  Most wineries have their own caves for aging the wines, and others use a disused railway tunnel with a perfect conditions for storing wine that is rented out.  This gives the wines the needed time to age wines slowly.  At first they are aged in French oak barrels, and at the opportune moment they are bottled.  Many of the wineries, including Grace, Chateau Katsunuma and Kurambon among the finest in the region, have tasting rooms and tours of their vineyards.
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