In 1877, Japan’s first wine company Dai-Nihon Yamanashi Budoshu Gaishasent sent two employees to France. They returned home, and large-scale wine production using local Koshu grapes began. Chateau Mercian is now winning international awards and global plaudits. Grape-growing in Japan began in the Yamanashi Prefecture in 718 AD. Portuguese Jesuit priests boosted “chintashu” (red liquor) […]
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