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Japan wine – a trip through Nagano
Yoko Obara highlights what’s p ossibly the most exciting wine region in Japan today. An ever-growing range of wineries here are building on a history that reaches back to the...
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Wednesday 3 December 2025
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WWC25 – An ode to Muscat Bailey A, by Sera Goto
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Tuesday 29 July 2025
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Japan gets its first foreign wine investor. This is the view from his new vineyard. See also Japan wine –...
Tasting articles
A total of 36 local ferments were tasted by Jancis during her recent few days in Tokyo. Some of those...
Nick on restaurants
Exceptional food and drinks in hard-to-find locations. Shimbashi Shimizu and Noyashichi are two of the most exceptional restaurants I have...
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Casual but top-quality eating in the Japanese capital, with shades of Paris. Tokyo is a fascinating city. Its population of...
Don't quote me
A month with a trip to Japan and more very smart bottles than professional tastings. Above, Kyoto's 300-year-old Kenninji Ryosokuin...
Nick on restaurants
Not strictly a restaurant review, but a look at food and drink in the air on a (very) long flight...
Nick on restaurants
Michelin stars, eel and a profusion of sakes as the cherry blossom faded. The prevailing mood of any customer arriving...
Inside information
Winegrowing in Japan has exploded in the last decade. Wine expert and translator Yoko Obara offers an inside look.
Although...
Drinks not wine
A revolutionary approach to distilling that relies heavily on the past. Above, Ichiro Akuto of Chichibu distilleries. If you listened...
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In this entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, wine lover Emily Sivey writes about Mick Nippard, a wine importer...
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In this entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, sommelier Hikaru Takahashi writes about Shu Komatsu, a Japanese wine-bar owner...
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Can sake be understood through the prism of terroir? Maybe, or maybe not. See also Sake beginner's guide.
‘If you...
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The UK wine trade is considerably impoverished.
We were shocked to learn that last Tuesday the UK wine trade lost...
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A trip to Japan, China and Thailand without leaving London.
With travel to China currently impossible and likely to remain...
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Rosemary Mitchell writes, 'I am originally from the UK and moved to Japan over a decade ago after studying Japanese...
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The 44-year-old Tokyo restaurateur in the shadows above had a lot to say about modern Japan in her application for...
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