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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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Cher Lim writes: It's late November and time for Beaujolais Nouveau 2010. So far in Asia it is still mainly...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. When I started out writing about...
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I know that at the moment many wine lovers will be seeking news of Châteaux in south-west France. That will...
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Those of you who have never heard of the Japanese grape variety about which I wrote on Saturday in Koshu...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . 'Japan, wine exporter' has a...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. The second course of our dinner at the Tawaraya ryokan, a...
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Here's how to feel important. Go to Yamanashi prefecture in Japan, where 95% of all Japanese Koshu grapes are grown...
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Further to my trailed pilgrimage east in I'm awfff, Nick and I did not get off to the greatest of...
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After months of speculation, leading importer and distributor of wine in China ASC announced earlier today that the majority stake...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times . Dinner at Robata Honten and Mikawa, on my last two...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. The kitchen at RyuGin (The Singing Dragon) was immaculate just before...
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Most unusually, it's been some time since I have seen my husband. Well before I got back from more than...
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Is there no end to Berry Bros’ imperialistic ambitions? Not content with owning most of St James’s in London, they...
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The Japanese wine market is evolving steadily with more education and global awareness, but Japan remains a modest wine-consuming country...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. Alan Yau, the restaurateur behind the new Sake No Hana in...
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