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Japan wine – an essential guide
Nick Rowan’s new book is an amazingly complete guide to the wine (and cheese!) of Japan, for amateurs and professionals alike. Japanese Wine History, regions, wineries (and cheese) Nick Rowan...
Tamlyn Currin
• 1 min read
Inside information
Japan Wine at ProWine Tokyo 2026
A masterclass and tasting that illustrates the diversity and quality of wine made in Japan today. In April 2026, Jancis Robinson MW presented a master class on Japan Wine for...
Team JR
• 1 min read
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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...
Free for all
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...
Drinks not wine
Can sake be understood through the prism of terroir? Maybe, or maybe not. See also Sake beginner's guide.
‘If you...
Free for all
The UK wine trade is considerably impoverished.
We were shocked to learn that last Tuesday the UK wine trade lost...
Nick on restaurants
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...
Free for all
The 44-year-old Tokyo restaurateur in the shadows above had a lot to say about modern Japan in her application for...
Hemming in Asia
Richard crunches the numbers on wine in Asia.
After nearly two years living in Singapore, I am now used to...
Free for all
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...
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