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Women Uncorking Wine’s Potential in Japan

  • Judges blind-tasting wine at the four-day Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards in Tokyo.

    Judges blind-tasting wine at the four-day Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards in Tokyo.

  • A five-person judging panel, headed by Kawahara Yōko (center).

    A five-person judging panel, headed by Kawahara Yōko (center).

  • Tanabe Yumi is the daughter of Marutani Kaneyasu, the founder of Tokachi Wine and former mayor of Ikeda, Hokkaidō. After graduating from Tsuda College with a degree in mathematics, she studied at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration in the United States and in 1986 founded a comprehensive wine-consulting firm in Tokyo named Wine & Wine Culture Co., Ltd. Has headed her own wine school since 1992. She was awarded France’s Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Agricultural Merit in 2009. Since 2011, she has chaired the Wine and Spirits Culture Association.

    Tanabe Yumi is the daughter of Marutani Kaneyasu, the founder of Tokachi Wine and former mayor of Ikeda, Hokkaidō. After graduating from Tsuda College with a degree in mathematics, she studied at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration in the United States and in 1986 founded a comprehensive wine-consulting firm in Tokyo named Wine & Wine Culture Co., Ltd. Has headed her own wine school since 1992. She was awarded France’s Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Agricultural Merit in 2009. Since 2011, she has chaired the Wine and Spirits Culture Association.

  • Presentation of the Sakura Awards winners at the March 4 Foodex Japan exhibition.

    Presentation of the Sakura Awards winners at the March 4 Foodex Japan exhibition.

  • Claire Naudin, winner of the “Best Wine Produced by a Woman Winemaker” award.

    Claire Naudin, winner of the “Best Wine Produced by a Woman Winemaker” award.

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