The Winery Hirakawa is one of the world's great estates. It offers 43 wines for sale in of Hokkaidō-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Hirakawa wines in Hokkaidō-ken among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Hirakawa 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 Hirakawa wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Hirakawa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of codfish portuguese style, cuttlefish with cider or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.
The wine region of Hokkaidō-ken of Japan. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Yoichi Wine or the Domaine Takahiko produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Hokkaidō-ken are Pinot noir, Kerner and Zweigelt, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Hokkaidō-ken often reveals types of flavors of cherry, plum or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, minerality or green apple.
We currently count 46 estates and châteaux in the of Hokkaidō-ken, producing 336 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Hokkaidō-ken go well with generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or mature and hard cheese.
How Winery Hirakawa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary, oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself! or gratin comtois.
Intraspecific crossing between frankenthal and riesling obtained in Germany in 1929 by August Karl Herold (1902/1973). In 1951 and by crossing it with the sylvaner, we obtained the juwel. It should be noted that there is a mutation of Kerner, discovered in 1974 and bearing the name of kernling, with grapes of pink-grey to red-grey colour at full maturity. Kerner can be found in Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, Australia, the United States, Canada, Japan... practically unknown in France except in a few Moselle vineyards.
How Winery Hirakawa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of paupiettes in a casserole with cream, caramelized pork ribs or oven roasted rabbit with mustard.
Term designating grape varieties obtained from two different vine species.
How Winery Hirakawa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Planning a wine route in the of Hokkaidō-ken? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Hirakawa.
A complex interspecific cross between the diana (sylvaner x Müller-Thurgau) and the chambourcin obtained in Germany in 1967 by Gerhardt Alleweldt. It can be found in Quebec (Canada), Belgium and Switzerland, but is little known in France. It should be noted that Regent, a monogenic variety, which is nevertheless resistant to certain cryptogamic diseases, was "bypassed" in 2010 by a less resistant strain of mildew, which was also the case for bianca.
