{"id":2226,"date":"2020-07-02T10:37:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T01:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2020-07-15T17:31:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T08:31:06","slug":"gold-prize-at-the-iwanohara-vineyard-wine-competition-for-the-third-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/en\/2226\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold prize at the \u201cIwanohara Vineyard\u201d<br> Wine competition for the third consecutive year! \uff08Joetsu City)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Women choose to drink Zenbei wine!<\/h2>\r\n<p>The red and white wines from the \u201cIwanohara Vineyard\u201d winery in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, won the gold medals at the \u201cFeminalise World Wine Competition\u201d held in France last month. In an unprecedented feat, this is the third consecutive year for the vineyard!<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-117037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/9.jpg\" alt=\"9\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/9-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The gold prizes won at the \u201cFeminalise World Wine Competition\u201d are \u201cMiyuki Bana\u201d in the red wine category and \u201cRed Millennium Sweet\u201d in the white wine category.<\/p>\r\n<p>Both are made from Japanese wine grape varieties created by Zenbei Kawakami. Mr. Kawakami is the founder of Iwanohara Vineyard and is also known as the \u201cfather of Japanese wine.\u201d The two wines won the gold medal for two consecutive years, and it has been three consecutive years for Iwahara Vineyard to receive the gold for other wines they have produced.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-117046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4-1.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4-1-400x267.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The Feminalise World Wine Competition was held in Paris last month. As the name implies, 600 female sommeliers and winemakers were judged. A unique style of blind tasting was undertaken in which the tasters were kept unaware of the wines&#8217; identities.<\/p>\r\n<p>4,470 wines, liqueurs and sakes from around the world were exhibited at the competition, of which 15 Japanese wines won the gold medal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00002.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00002-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00002-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00002-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The award-winning \u201cMiyuki Bana Red\u201d and \u201cRed Millennium Sweet\u201d are wines that were produced in 2018. According to the vineyard, it rained a lot in the August of that year, however they were blessed with good weather in September, which helped deliver a great harvest.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00003.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00003-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00003-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00003-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Yasuhiro Ishizaki, who was in charge of viticulture, said, \u201cWe are experiencing a climate that we have never experienced, but we are doing our best to create a better environment for the grapes.\u201d In addition, the chief winemaker Sho Ueno, emphasized that \u201cwe are not satisfied with this, and we are exchanging opinions with everyone to make wines that meet the preferences of our customers.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-117047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/7.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/7-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The award-winning \u201cMiyuki Bana Aka\u201d is a wine that you can enjoy every evening with dinner. We also recommend that \u201cRed Millennium Sweet\u201d can be enjoyed as a dessert wine.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00000.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00000-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00000-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00000-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0630_00000-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The two types of award-winning wines can be purchased at Iwahara Vineyard, liquor stores in the city and supermarkets.<div class=\"b-spot\"><h2>Iwahara Vineyard<\/h2><div class=\"gmap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.co.jp\/maps?output=embed&hl=en&q=%E3%80%92943-0412%E4%B8%8A%E8%B6%8A%E5%B8%82%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B91223%E7%95%AA%E5%9C%B0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"b-spot-detail\"><div class=\"b-spot-lt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"b-spot-rt\"><p class=\"info\"><b>Address: <\/b>1223 North of Joetsu City, 943-0412<br><b>Tel: <\/b>025-528-4002<br><b>Access: <\/b> About 20 minutes from Joetsu Myoko Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen<br><b>URL: <\/b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwanohara.sgn.ne.jp\/\">https:\/\/www.iwanohara.sgn.ne.jp\/<\/a><\/p><p class=\"btn\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.jp\/maps\/place\/%E3%80%92943-0412%E4%B8%8A%E8%B6%8A%E5%B8%82%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B91223%E7%95%AA%E5%9C%B0?hl=en\">Google Map<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-map-marker-alt\"><\/i><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwanohara.sgn.ne.jp\/\">Website<i class=\"far fa-fw fa-window-restore\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Women choose to drin&#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"2213","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,69],"class_list":["post-2226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gift","tag-33","tag-69","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}