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  • Wine Tasting Room in Napa Valley - Wine tasting is the sensory examination and evaluation of wine, wine tasting is as ancient as its production. There are more formalized methodologies in evaluating wines,  with experts who can identify the range of perceived flavors, aromas and general characteristics of a wine. What we experience in a wine tasting room at a vineyard or winery is not the serious blind tasting, but more for the amusement of wine aficionados and foodies.
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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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  • 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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  • 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, Calistoga, Napa Valley - Nearly three quarters the size of France, California accounts for nearly 90 percent of the entire American wine production. The production in California alone is one third larger than that of Australia. If California were a separate country, it would be the world's fourth largest wine producer.
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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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  • Sake Tasting Room  - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake."<br />
Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
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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 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.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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.
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  • Wine cellars at Merryvale, where not only wine tasting is conducted but elaborate dinners are served.  Nearly three quarters the size of France, California accounts for nearly 90 percent of the entire American wine production. The production in California alone is one third larger than that of Australia. If California were a separate country, it would be the world's fourth largest wine producer.
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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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  • 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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  • Daizenji Temple was built in Koshu by Buddhist priest Gyoki in 718.  It is sometimes called the “grape temple” as Gyoki was met by the presence of Yakushi Nyorai the Buddhist disciple of healing holding a cluster of grapes. As a result the temple has come to be called "the birthplace of the Koshu Grape.”  The temple even offers wine tasting, the only one in Japan to honor this custom, since it is at the heart of the Katsunuma wine district of Yamanashi.  Over the course of its long history, many of the temple structures have been destroyed by natural disaster - most of what remains is Yakushi Hall and the Sammon Gate.  Daizenji also has an impressive Japanese pond garden within its grounds, ideally viewed from the washitsu tatami room
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  • The combination of climate, soil, temperature and experience has made California wines among the world's best.  The famous or infamous "Judgement of Paris" blind tasting event that put some of the finest wines in France against unknown California bottles. To everyone's surprise, the California wines beat out their French competitors, <br />
breaking the myth that only in France could you make great wine. The winners? Chateau Montelena and the 1973 cabernet sauvignon from Stag's Leap Wine.
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  • The Kinryo Museum has been created so visitors can see in detail how the original manufacturing facility worked. The walls have been kept white to recreate the true atmosphere of the sake producing rooms. Visitors leave a vivid image of the original sake production at Kinryo after viewing all ancient sake making tools, genuine exhibits, life size models, audio visual information, a sake tasting opportunity and a relaxing rest under the shade of an 800years old camphor tree.
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  • Sake Cups - Traditionally, sake is served in wooden box cups known as masu with a standard measurement of  180 ml or 6 fl oz.  These tiny cedar  box cups were thought to complement the taste of sake. Tradition requires the masu be filled to the rim as a sign of prosperity.  Nowadays, sake is more typically served in ceramic cups. The cups used for drinking sake tiny vessels called ochoko.  While not a traditional serving glass a shot glass is also sometimes used.
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  • Traditionally, sake was served in wooden box cups known as masu as it was thought that cedar complemented the taste of sake.  Nowadays, sake is more typically served in ceramic cups. The cups used for drinking sake tiny vessels called ochoko.
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  • Traditionally, sake is served in wooden box cups known as masu with a standard measurement of  180 ml or 6 fl oz.  These tiny cedar  box cups were thought to complement the taste of sake. Tradition requires the masu be filled to the rim as a sign of prosperity.  Nowadays, sake is more typically served in ceramic cups. The cups used for drinking sake tiny vessels called ochoko.  While not a traditional serving glass a shot glass is also sometimes used.
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  • Daizenji Japanese Garden - Daizenji Temple was built in Koshu by Buddhist priest Gyoki in 718.  It is sometimes called the “grape temple” as Gyoki was met by the presence of Yakushi Nyorai the Buddhist disciple of healing holding a cluster of grapes. As a result the temple has come to be called "the birthplace of the Koshu Grape.”  The temple even offers wine tasting, the only one in Japan to honor this custom, since it is at the heart of the Katsunuma wine district of Yamanashi.  Over the course of its long history, many of the temple structures have been destroyed by natural disaster - most of what remains is Yakushi Hall and the Sammon Gate.  Daizenji also has an impressive Japanese pond garden within its grounds, ideally viewed from the washitsu tatami room
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  • Daizenji Japanese Garden - Daizenji Temple was built in Koshu by Buddhist priest Gyoki in 718.  It is sometimes called the “grape temple” as Gyoki was met by the presence of Yakushi Nyorai the Buddhist disciple of healing holding a cluster of grapes. As a result the temple has come to be called "the birthplace of the Koshu Grape.”  The temple even offers wine tasting, the only one in Japan to honor this custom, since it is at the heart of the Katsunuma wine district of Yamanashi.  Over the course of its long history, many of the temple structures have been destroyed by natural disaster - most of what remains is Yakushi Hall and the Sammon Gate.  Daizenji also has an impressive Japanese pond garden within its grounds, ideally viewed from the washitsu tatami room
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  • Daizenji Japanese Garden - Daizenji Temple was built in Koshu by Buddhist priest Gyoki in 718.  It is sometimes called the “grape temple” as Gyoki was met by the presence of Yakushi Nyorai the Buddhist disciple of healing holding a cluster of grapes. As a result the temple has come to be called "the birthplace of the Koshu Grape.”  The temple even offers wine tasting, the only one in Japan to honor this custom, since it is at the heart of the Katsunuma wine district of Yamanashi.  Over the course of its long history, many of the temple structures have been destroyed by natural disaster - most of what remains is Yakushi Hall and the Sammon Gate.  Daizenji also has an impressive Japanese pond garden within its grounds, ideally viewed from the washitsu tatami room
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  • Daizenji Japanese Garden - Daizenji Temple was built in Koshu by Buddhist priest Gyoki in 718.  It is sometimes called the “grape temple” as Gyoki was met by the presence of Yakushi Nyorai the Buddhist disciple of healing holding a cluster of grapes. As a result the temple has come to be called "the birthplace of the Koshu Grape.”  The temple even offers wine tasting, the only one in Japan to honor this custom, since it is at the heart of the Katsunuma wine district of Yamanashi.  Over the course of its long history, many of the temple structures have been destroyed by natural disaster - most of what remains is Yakushi Hall and the Sammon Gate.  Daizenji also has an impressive Japanese pond garden within its grounds, ideally viewed from the washitsu tatami room
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  • Daizenji Sammon Gate Guardian - Daizenji Temple was built in Koshu by Buddhist priest Gyoki in 718.  It is sometimes called the “grape temple” as Gyoki was met by the presence of Yakushi Nyorai the Buddhist disciple of healing holding a cluster of grapes. As a result the temple has come to be called "the birthplace of the Koshu Grape.”  The temple even offers wine tasting, the only one in Japan to honor this custom, since it is at the heart of the Katsunuma wine district of Yamanashi.  Over the course of its long history, many of the temple structures have been destroyed by natural disaster - most of what remains is Yakushi Hall and the Sammon Gate.  Daizenji also has an impressive Japanese pond garden within its grounds, ideally viewed from the washitsu tatami room
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  • Daizenji Japanese Garden - Daizenji Temple was built in Koshu by Buddhist priest Gyoki in 718.  It is sometimes called the “grape temple” as Gyoki was met by the presence of Yakushi Nyorai the Buddhist disciple of healing holding a cluster of grapes. As a result the temple has come to be called "the birthplace of the Koshu Grape.”  The temple even offers wine tasting, the only one in Japan to honor this custom, since it is at the heart of the Katsunuma wine district of Yamanashi.  Over the course of its long history, many of the temple structures have been destroyed by natural disaster - most of what remains is Yakushi Hall and the Sammon Gate.  Daizenji also has an impressive Japanese pond garden within its grounds, ideally viewed from the washitsu tatami room
    daizenji-garden-04.jpg
  • Daizenji Japanese Garden - Daizenji Temple was built in Koshu by Buddhist priest Gyoki in 718.  It is sometimes called the “grape temple” as Gyoki was met by the presence of Yakushi Nyorai the Buddhist disciple of healing holding a cluster of grapes. As a result the temple has come to be called "the birthplace of the Koshu Grape.”  The temple even offers wine tasting, the only one in Japan to honor this custom, since it is at the heart of the Katsunuma wine district of Yamanashi.  Over the course of its long history, many of the temple structures have been destroyed by natural disaster - most of what remains is Yakushi Hall and the Sammon Gate.  Daizenji also has an impressive Japanese pond garden within its grounds, ideally viewed from the washitsu tatami room
    daizenji-garden.jpg
  • Daizenji Japanese Garden - Daizenji Temple was built in Koshu by Buddhist priest Gyoki in 718.  It is sometimes called the “grape temple” as Gyoki was met by the presence of Yakushi Nyorai the Buddhist disciple of healing holding a cluster of grapes. As a result the temple has come to be called "the birthplace of the Koshu Grape.”  The temple even offers wine tasting, the only one in Japan to honor this custom, since it is at the heart of the Katsunuma wine district of Yamanashi.  Over the course of its long history, many of the temple structures have been destroyed by natural disaster - most of what remains is Yakushi Hall and the Sammon Gate.  Daizenji also has an impressive Japanese pond garden within its grounds, ideally viewed from the washitsu tatami room
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  • Daizenji Temple was built in Koshu by Buddhist priest Gyoki in 718.  It is sometimes called the “grape temple” as Gyoki was met by the presence of Yakushi Nyorai the Buddhist disciple of healing holding a cluster of grapes. As a result the temple has come to be called "the birthplace of the Koshu Grape.”  The temple even offers wine tasting, the only one in Japan to honor this custom, since it is at the heart of the Katsunuma wine district of Yamanashi.  Over the course of its long history, many of the temple structures have been destroyed by natural disaster - most of what remains is Yakushi Hall and the Sammon Gate.  Daizenji also has an impressive Japanese pond garden within its grounds, ideally viewed from the washitsu tatami room
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  • Shochu is a distilled drink native to Japan. It is most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potatoes or rice. Shochu usually contains 25% alcohol by volume. Shochu is not be very similar to sake, a brewed rice wine. Its taste is usually far less fruity and depends strongly on the nature of the starch used in the distilling process. Its flavor is often described as earthy. Although Kyushu is the home of shochu, it is produced everywhere in Japan particularly Okinawa.
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  • Shochu is a distilled drink native to Japan. It is most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potatoes or rice. Shochu usually contains 25% alcohol by volume. Shochu is not be very similar to sake, a brewed rice wine. Its taste is usually far less fruity and depends strongly on the nature of the starch used in the distilling process. Its flavor is often described as earthy. Although Kyushu is the home of shochu, it is produced everywhere in Japan particularly Okinawa.
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  • Shochu is a distilled drink native to Japan. It is most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potatoes or rice. Shochu usually contains 25% alcohol by volume. Shochu is not be very similar to sake, a brewed rice wine. Its taste is usually far less fruity and depends strongly on the nature of the starch used in the distilling process. Its flavor is often described as earthy. Although Kyushu is the home of shochu, it is produced everywhere in Japan particularly Okinawa.
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  • Shochu is a distilled drink native to Japan. It is most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potatoes or rice. Shochu usually contains 25% alcohol by volume. Shochu is not be very similar to sake, a brewed rice wine. Its taste is usually far less fruity and depends strongly on the nature of the starch used in the distilling process. Its flavor is often described as earthy. Although Kyushu is the home of shochu, it is produced everywhere in Japan particularly Okinawa.
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