The Seven Samurai of Yoichi’s Wine World

Domaine Takahiko’s Nanatsumori Pinot Noir. (© Ukita Yasuyuki)

Soga Takahiko standing in his Nanatsumori vineyard. (© Ukita Yasuyuki)

The Nanatsumori vineyard. This was once a woodland producing seven different fruit types. (© Ukita Yasuyuki)

Kimura talks about grape cultivation. (© Ukita Yasuyuki)

Etienne De Montille, who has expanded from Bourgogne into Hokkaidō. He is holding a bottle of Kyō Surprise 2019. (© Ukita Yasuyuki)

The view of Yoichi and Cape Shiripa from Nakai Kankō Nōen’s grape fields. (© Ukita Yasuyuki)

Nakai Mizuki (at left) and father Jun. (© Ukita Yasuyuki)