Kenzo Estate Winery — Restaurant in Tokyo

Fussy service. The guy on the phone asked me to spell my name about 5 times and didn't follow protocol to let me finish my sentence... only to realize that my hard to spell name wasn't on their printed list when we arrived. I am a local and speak Japanese so they clearly can't pull the gaijin card. It's a detail but an embarrassing one for a place which is this pretentious. Now that's not the worst part. While their wines are actually good (although there is obviously a limited selection), the food is a different story. Simply don't eat here. The scallop was rubbery & tasteless. Adding cumin seeds and carrots isn't going to work. And charging 2000 jpy for lettuce with convenience store ham is wrong. The only decent thing was the guinea fowl confit. I should...

May 2025: Visiting from the United States and came across a Napa Valley winery that I visited many years ago. We showed up about an hour before closing so food wasn't available.

Was delighted to see that they had an extensive selection of wines by the glass 🍷. Tried the Shinon, which is an exclusive wine only sold in Japan.

Enjoyed the Shinon which was predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon... But also had Cabernet Franc and Merlot grapes. Tasting notes of black cherry and was very smooth.

Service was very friendly and attentive. Would...

So much fun and very good wine. We went with the supreme tasting line about 128 yen for five glasses. Each of them is a red wine and each one was very good. I would visit this Napa Valley winery next time we are...