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WINE

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 2, 2019
Back from the brink: Reviving abandoned vineyards in Osaka
Although wine production in the Kansai region dates back over 100 years, changing demographics have since taken their toll on local grape cultivation. To help save the prefecture's remaining fields from abandonment, Tomofumi Fujimaru opened the Shimanouchi Fujimaru Winery in the heart of Osaka.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 23, 2018
Heard on the grapevine: How the Pacific trade pact primes New Zealand wine for Japanese market
From sleepy New Zealand hillsides to sleek Tokyo dining scenes, a bottle of Hawke's Bay wine shipped to Japan traces an arc that exporters like Nigel Avery see as an avenue for multimillion dollar growth built on a free trade pact.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 20, 2018
10 years procuring for Japan's fine wine market
Berry Bros. & Rudd first opened in 1698 in St James's, London, where it still stands today. Over the last 320 years, it has established itself as a leading wine and spirits merchant, offering a range of services to a select pool of fine wine connoisseurs the world over.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2018
Mercian, Japan's oldest winemaker, readies for onslaught of European grapes following trade deal
With the removal of tariffs on European wines as soon as next year, Mercian Corp. is betting on Japanese grapes to weather the onslaught.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Nov 11, 2017
Whirlwind wine romance led to a brand of her own
Early in her career, winemaker Atsuko Radcliffe aspired to brew sake. Fate, however, had other plans.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2017
Sonoma and Napa vintners scramble to protect wine as fires sweep through area
The flames stopped 2 meters from tanks holding fermenting wine at Sonoma's Imagery Estate Winery, but the threat to the precious contents persisted.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 8, 2017
Alcohol industry distorts cancer risk, study say
The alcohol industry uses denial, distortion and distraction to mislead people about the risks of developing cancer from drinking, often employing similar tactics to those of the tobacco industry, a study said on Thursday.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 29, 2017
Tattletale toddler
'Mom, there's that wine you like drinking so much!'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jul 11, 2017
EU free trade deal likely to hurt Japan's dairy farmers, wineries
Hailed by government officials as sending a message to the world on free trade, domestic producers could see negative impact
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 1, 2017
Out: One dish, one wine, one band and an abundance of style
With its gleaming glass frontage and punchy name in purple neon beaming into the Shibuya night, you can tell straight away Out is going to be a bit special. But it's only when you're inside and ensconced at the elegant little horseshoe-shaped counter that you realize how out there it is.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 3, 2017
Chilean wine a hit among Japan's working women
Japan's swelling ranks of working women have grape growers 10,000 miles away cheering.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Dec 24, 2016
Living color
Is Burgundy a region in Bordeaux?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 25, 2016
Japanese wine lovers bathe in a new vintage of Beaujolais
Wine lovers in Japan toasted the release of this year's vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau on Nov. 17 by swimming in a hot-spring bath mixed with the renowned French tipple.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jul 17, 2016
Retailer hopes to lift returning firms in Namie by tapping pipeline to Qvevri-made Georgian wine
Matsubaya, a retail and wholesale firm from the town of Namie near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, is trying to revitalize businesses that were based in the district, using Georgian wine.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 24, 2016
Flaws found in scientific case for moderate drinking
It is an irresistible headline: People who drink alcohol in moderation actually live longer than those who abstain entirely. Counterintuitive studies that show the purported benefits of a drink or two a day prompt flurries of bright news reports. You can hear the glasses clinking.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 11, 2016
Winemakers plant seeds of tourism in Japan's disaster zone
Making wine is difficult anywhere in Japan, but try doing it in a part of the country that has been rocked by an earthquake and tsunami, and spurned because of a nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2016
EU refusing Japan's request for use of smaller wine bottles
The European Union is refusing Japan's request in free-trade talks to allow the import of Japanese wine in bottles smaller than those commonly used in Europe, sources close to the matter said Friday.
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 30, 2015
As world warms, the wines they are a-changing
It's a $200 billion industry that prides itself on being rooted to a particular spot and doing things they way they've always been done. But global warming is forcing the world's wine growers to change.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Sep 25, 2015
Expect an open-air courtyard and some wine when you pull up to the garage
Even though it's called Garage, this eatery is probably better described as a shack. On weekdays, during lunch and after work, the clientele is mostly drawn from the surrounding offices, but on weekends the crowd is not as uniform.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 9, 2015
Japanese winemaker reflects on life and disaster in this succinct New Zealand documentary
Today's documentarians may dream of making epic Frederick Wiseman-style films, but online audiences aren't usually so patient. Three hours? You'll be lucky to hold someone's attention for three minutes.

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