The Winery Shikishima is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Shikishima wines in Yamanashi-ken among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Shikishima 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 Shikishima wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Shikishima wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pasticcio (greece), lamb tagine with prunes and dried fruits or duck baeckeoffe with christmas spices and dried fruits.
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 Shikishima wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of moist parmesan steak, baked salmon with tomato or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
How Winery Shikishima wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Delimited wine of superior quality. A level of appellation (today, barely 1% of French production) which constitutes the ultimate step before the accession to the AOC.
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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.
