The Shion Winery of Yamanashi-ken

Shion Winery
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Shion Winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Shion Winery wines

Looking for the best Shion Winery wines in Yamanashi-ken among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Shion Winery 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 Shion Winery wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Shion Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Shion Winery

How Shion Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of southern beef meatballs or adapted vietnamese fondue.

The best vintages in the red wines of Shion Winery

  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Shion Winery.

  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Yamanashi-ken

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Shion Winery

Planning a wine route in the of Yamanashi-ken? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Shion Winery.

Discover the grape variety: Crouchen

Crouchen blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). 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. Crouchen blanc can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac.

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The word of the wine: Grape variety

A type of vine plant and, by extension, the term used to designate the grapes that come from it. The term "table grape" is used to designate the grapes used for consumption, whereas the term "grape variety" is used to designate the wine grapes used to make wine.