Katsunuma Winery — Attraction in Koshu

Katsunuma Winery 勝沼醸造.

💭 While in Fujikawaguchiko we took the time and went out of the way to visit Katsunuma Winery 勝沼醸造 in Yamanashi wine prefecture since we’re in the neighborhood. It’s one of the well known wine producing prefecture in Japan. The landscape is covered with grape vines. A far cry from Tokyo’s towering steel and glass structures.

Their winery is located within a quiet neighborhood and very unassuming. Houses in a traditional Japanese residence. Inside a lot of woods and timbers are generously deployed creating a very warm and welcoming ambiance. The winter crowd was less only another couple besides us.

The tasting starts at JPY 1,650 per person (JPY 1,000 as a prepaid amount and JPY 650 for the card which you can take home as souvenir). You can top up the card for a minimum of JPY 550 for additional tastings of the original prepaid value is consumed.

You can take your time and take your drink outside to view the idyllic landscape of Yamanashi but it was too cold for us. They also have an upper viewing deck.

We tried both the whites and the reds but the one that left the biggest impression on us was the whites namely the local grape Koshu and Arugabranca.

They are open from 9:30am to 4:30pm Japan Time during winter season. A must visit for its beautiful landscape, vineyard and wine...

We had a great time during our visit to Katdunuma Winery.

The staff is very friendly, helpful and knew what they were talking about. We also had the honor to meet the owner of the winery and he proudly presented his wines.

They have a nice selection of quality wines that you can taste and buy.

The winery had a beautiful terrace next tot the vineyards and even a rooftop terrace.

I would really recommend anyone to stop here if you are...

The location is kind of entrance of Katsunuma town. Looks like there are tours but I did not join it. Tried wine tasting 1,650JPY which has 1,000JPY deposit tasting wine. Each one has 100JPY/200JPY/300JPY options.(expensive or rare wine has 100JPY option only) Depending on the wine price, the amount fill the glass is different. You cannot get money back even you don’t need the card. Nice view of vineyard....