Appearance can tell you quite a bit about a wine, and it is often the first sensory encounter that the drinker has with the beverage , unless the wine happens to be sparkling, in which case it will be the sound of those tiny bubbles bursting in glass. Ordinarily, we at drinkingjapan.org do not spend … Continue reading Of Enzan Rouge 2020 and Colors
Orchard Meets Vineyard Yamagata’s Yellow Magic Winery has, to the best of our knowledge, broken new ground with the release of a beverage that is not quite cider, not quite perry, and not quite wine. This blend of apples (unspecified variety), La France pears, and Delaware grapes should not only please most palates but arouse … Continue reading Orchard Meets Vineyard with Yamagata’s Yellow Magic Winery GM Wine 2020
These days the word “herd” is being used with ever-increasing frequency. In short, herd immunity is good, but as Nietzsche made clear many years ago, herd mentality is not. What does this have to do with the subject matter dealt with on this blog, you ask? Good question. A number of years ago there was … Continue reading “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot; When You’re Not, You’re Not”: Takeda Winery Sans Soufre Cidre 2017
Their Fall Is Our Gain Ah, autumn has arrived, a time when a person’s thoughts turn to…. What? What did you say? Olympic debt and ragweed pollen? No, those are not the answers we are looking for here. It should be obvious that the correct response is “falling objects.” The English word fall when used … Continue reading Cave D’Occi’s FROM SCRATCH2020
Japanese Cormorant Waiting to Be Disgorged In this entry we turn our attention to a wine made from a grape varietal that is closely associated with Japan and close to our hearts as well—Muscat Bailey A. The wine under review today was produced in Gifu Prefecture with grapes sourced from Yamanashi Prefecture. Though not known … Continue reading Nagara Natural Winery‘s (長良天然ワイン酒造) Muscat Bailey A: A Gift from Gifu
A little while ago one of us came across an “island” shochu in a souvenir shop in Shizuoka Prefecture. We are not in the custom of buying alcoholic beverages at such establishments for various reasons, but this one caught our eye owing to its romaji (Roman letters) name, “Shoemon,” which we first read quickly and … Continue reading Shoemon Shochu
August 7, 2021 A hop, skip and jump away from Mitaka Station is Sekimae in Musashino, a suburb of Tokyo. This is where we had the privilege of participating in hop-picking. Back in April, we took part in the planting of the hops, which we covered here. Originally the hop-picking was scheduled for a few … Continue reading Tokyo Hop Picking @ Sekimae, Musashino!
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