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TOKYO WINE SOCIETY TASTING

Japanese White Wine

July 16, 2004

The last tasting was held at the Restaurant Bon Chere at Shampia Hotel Akasaka on 17th of July. We tried tasting focused to Japanese wine this time with grapes made 100% in Japan. The grapes we could find were mostly Koshu and Chardonnay.
I actually did not think Japanese wine would be a good idea, but it turned out to be not-so-bad tasting. It became Chardonnay vs Koshu in Japan. Chardonnay beated Koshu. Wine D, Chardonnay, had 2/3 of us to select as 1st for tonight. Including two 2nds, this wine is true winner for tonight.
But some Koshu did good job as well. Wine F had gained two 1st . and wine H became 3rd for tonight. It is more than we have expected as the charactor of Koshu is "Mild" in every aspect. It showed firm body and well balanced acidity and sweetness. I believe it has reached the time we can try these Japanese wine to compare world-widely.

No	Wine	Year	Grape	Region	Yen	Shop	Rank	1s	2s	Ls
A	Rejoice	2002	Koshu	Japan	2,940	Chuo Shuzo	6	0	0	0
B	Grace, Sur Lie, Torii-daira	2003	Koshu	Japan	2,200	Chuo Shuzo	8	0	0	1
C	Cour-Cheverny, Thierry Puzelat	2002	Romarantin	Rhone	2,780	-	7	1	0	1
D	Chardonnay, Takahata Winery	2000	Chardonnay	Japan Yamagata	2,636	Takahata Winery	1	8	2	0
E	Chateau Takeda	1996	Chardonnay	Japan Yamagata	5,000	Takeda Winery	4	1	2	1
F	Chateau Lumiere, Hikari	2000	Koshu	Japan	3,150	Chateau Lumiere	4	2	2	0
G	Solaris, Manns Wine	2001	Chardonnay	Japan	3,129	Cave de Relax	2	0	2	0
H	Koshu, Sur Lie, Ch. Mercian	2002	Koshu	Japan	1,344	Cave de Relax	3	0	4	0
I	Cave D'Occi,	2001	Chardonnay	Japan, Niigata	3,098	Cave D'Occi	9	0	0	7

Regends
Rank: 1=Most Prefered, 9=Worst,
1s:No of attendee prefered best,
2s: No of attendee chose second best,
Ls:No of atendee ranked worst

Dishes for tonight

Place: at the restaurent Bon Chere, Shampia Hotel Akasaka

	Appetizer Homemade Ham of Nikko Whitepork 日光産ホワイトポークの手作りハム		Appetizer Marinated Seki Mackerel, with Kiwi fruit sauce 関鯵のマリネ、キウイフルーツソース
	Soup Cold Peech Vichyssoise 桃の冷製スープ		Fish Poele Pike Conger, white wine sauce ハモのポアレ、ヴァンブランソース
	Meat Confit French guinea fowl フランス産ほろほろ鳥のコンフィー		Desert Fig Compote and Itoh's Freshmint Icecream 無花果のコンポートと伊藤さん家のフレッシュミントのアイスクリーム

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