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The Koshu Wine Project
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TEL: 03-3295-5900
FAX: 03-3295-5619
Koshu wine PROJECT HISTORY
| [2006] | |
| 2006.August | Soil Preparations for the Asagiri Site begins. |
| 2006.June | Professor Denis Dubourdieu and his wife visit Japan to discuss the future of Koshu. |
| 2006.June | Jackson Brooke arrives from Australia to manage our vineyards. |
| 2006.May | Survey Trip to the United States - meeting with top Japanese restaurants in San Francisco. |
| 2006.April | Tree-planting ceremony in Asagiri. 500 Koshu grapes are planted. |
| 2006.Feb | Winemaker from New Zealand, Duncan Forsyth visits Katsunuma, Asagiri, Tsuru, Yamanashi Grape experimental laboratory. |
| 2006.Jan | Ernest Singer visits Yamanashi Grape experimental laboratory and asks the support to Koshu wine project. Mr. Asari assents to the project. |
| [2005] | |
| 2005 Nov | Prof. Denis Dubourdieu visits Japan and the meeting with Koshu support group is held. |
| 2005 Oct | Dan Standish from Australia visits Japan and consults the vinification of KOSHU 2005. |
| 2005 July | Net is set to protect grapes form animals. |
| 2005 15th of June | For the test of research in 2006, 5 grapes are planted in Asagiri and Motosu highland. |
| 2005 6th of June | NHK TV program “Koshu wine to the world” is broadcasted. It receives great response and many Koshu wines are sold out. |
| 2005 May | NHK high vision “from hometown” is broadcasted. The program is about people in Koshu wine project including Prof. Denis Dubourdieu and explains their passion. |
| 2005 March | Robert Parker scores Asian wine for the first time. |
| 2005 Jan | Robert Parker evaluates KOSHU 2004 as ‘next sushi wine’ on his homepage. |
| [2004] | |
| 2004 December | Robert Parker visits Japan. He tastes KOSHU 2004 and gives the wine a review at the symposium in Katsunuma. |
| 2004 Nov | Visiting Prof. Denis Dubourdieu with Antonios Kiosseogloe, Ernest Singer, Eiji Tamai (Academie du vin, Representative Director), Shigekazu Misawa, Lisa Perroti-Brown, NHK Fumiko Murano (with staffs for TV coverage). |
| 2004 Oct | Prof. Denis Dubourdieu’s best pupil, Antonios Kiosseogloe visits Japan. With Prof. Denis Dubourdieu, he consults Koshu’s harvest and vinification. |
| 2004 6th of July | 11:30am Press luncheon with Prof. Denis Dubourdieu, Takatoshi Tominaga, Ernest Singer, Shigekazu Misawa and Lisa perroti-brown. 2:00pm Interview by NHK Koshu. 7:00pm Wine makers dinner at Hotel Seiyo Ginza |
| 2004 6th of July | Prof. Denis Dubourdieu gives a lecture at Academie du vin. Dinner at Hotel de Mikuni. |
| 2005 5th of July | Visit Katsunuma and hold a symposium for wine makers at Hotel highland resort. |
| 2004 4th of July | Prof. Denis Dubourdieu visit Japan with research engineer Takatoshi Tominaga. |
| 2004 25th of June | The University of California Davis for DNA confirmed that the 99.9% of Koshu is indeed vinifera. |
| 2004 June | We submitted samples of Koshu to the University of California Davis for DNA analysis. |
| 2004 April | Master of wine, Sam Harrop visits Katsunuma and holds a symposium. |
| 2003 March | Millesimes Inc. representative director, Ernest Singer visits Prof. Denis Dubourdieu at Bordeaux University and asks for his consultants. Prof. Denis Dubourdieu accepts the request. |