The Winery Book Road is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Book Road wines in Yamanashi-ken among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Book Road wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Book Road wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Book Road wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), tajine of mutton or garantita or karantita (algerian recipe).
Yamanashi is the first Japanese Geographical Indication (GI) for wine. Established in 2013, it is situated in the prefecture of the same name. Yamanashi is promoted as the birthplace of Japanese wine production.
The most prominent Grape varieties grown here are the indigenous vitis vinefera white grape variety Koshu, and the Japanese-bred pale red Hybrid Muscat Bailey A.
The latter makes Soft, Fruity reds, while Koshu Dry white wines tend to be Aromatic dry, crisp and citrussy. Koshu is thought to have been cultivated in the Yamanashi Prefecture for a thousand years or more. Genetic studies of the grape tend to support this. Of the 40 other permitted varieties, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay are most prominent.
As of 2018 there are around 80 wineries. Nearly half of these are located arround Koshu City. The 670 hectares (1,655 acres) of vineyards in Yamanashi produce around 40 percent of Japan's entire grape wine output.
The wine industry in its modern form dates back to the 1870s in Yamanashi.
How Winery Book Road wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of ham and cheese cake, salmon and spinach lasagna or spinach and goat cheese quiche.
Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).
How Winery Book Road wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.
How Winery Book Road wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido), milanese osso buco or baked pork chops.
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Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
