REGION: Yamanashi

Considered one of the greatest winemakers in Japan, Mie Ikeno grows Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Merlot in the highest elevations of Japan’s wine country of Yamanashi which she crafts into expressive wines of insistence and power.

Katsunuma Jozo was founded in 1937 by Yoshinori Aruga and continues to be run by members of the Aruga family today. They are one of Japan’s most prominent independently owned wineries, devoting themselves exclusively to grape cultivation and wine making since 1973.