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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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Hemming in Asia
Richard crunches the numbers on wine in Asia.
After nearly two years living in Singapore, I am now used to...
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Jeanne Vito is an Afropean wine entrepreneur brought up in Chablis, working and living between South Africa, Togo and Germany...
Drinks not wine
Two of Champagne's most respected chefs de cave and a French Canadian gastro-moleculist have turned their hands and palates to...
Hemming in Asia
What do the 2020s have in store for wine in Asia? It's anybody's guess.
As the year of the rat...
Nick on restaurants
A version of this article about a long-standing sushi restaurant in central London is published by the Financial Times. I...
Nick on restaurants
An east–west restaurant in Tokyo with a mysterious name. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Inside information
The ambitions and challenges of the Japanese region of Nagano in central Honshu. See also Nagano – the tasting notes...
Tasting articles
A day well spent in Japan's wine heartland, in the shadow of Mount Fuji.
My first visit to Japan came...
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Important changes on the Japanese wine scene.
During my visits to Yamanashi and Nagano (report next week), I began to...
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We're thrilled by the first foreign edition of our massive tome, published today.
The three Js – Julia, José Vouillamoz...
Nick on restaurants
An intricate multi-course celebration of Japanese ingenuity enjoyed, in advance of this weekend's G20 get together. A version of this...
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Food with a Japanese accent has become increasingly popular. How well does wine go with it? A version of this...
Nick on restaurants
Japanese hotels are not cheap, but they can make a strong impression. There is a tendency for everyone to settle...
Tasting articles
See Nagano – coming up on the inside for much more detail about the Japanese region that produced the wines...
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Denis Gastin, the Australian with a particular interest in Asian wines, and especially those of Japan, sends this report. I...
Drinks not wine
See also Vintage port and sake. One evening earlier this month, the evening after the vintage port tasting described in...
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