Wine Education and Tips
A guide to choosing sweet and lightly sparkling wines, from someone who imports and pours Italian wine in Tokyo. From Moscato d'Asti to Prosecco, how to choose by sweetness and bubbles, plus the foods they love.
An Italian wine importer explains how to choose affordable, delicious wine: how to spot value bottles in the 1,000 to 2,000 yen range, plus the everyday wines we recommend for daily drinking.
How to choose sparkling wine, explained by a pro: the difference from Champagne, production methods, reading dry vs sweet labels, picks by occasion, and how to enjoy it at the Japanese table.
Italian wine recommendations from an importer who pours across Tokyo. In-stock, easy-drinking bottles and how to match them with everyday food.
The history of Prosecco, the Glera grape, and what "Millesimato" (a single vintage year) really means on the label, explained by an Italian importer from a Veneto point of view, with how to enjoy it in Japan and a bottle to start with.
From a marquis's dream to a wine that rewrote Italian law: the story of Sassicaia, the original Super Tuscan, and a look at the acclaimed 2022 vintage.