The wine made from one of the Top 10 Healthy Foods in the World ― The spring of Hakusan Winery ―

The vineyard of Hakusan Winery (the photograph was taken on March 29th, 2017)

 

When I think about wine, I think about the foreign-grown grapes for making wine such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and so on. At Hakusan Winery which is the one and only winey in Fukui Prefecture, they make wine from the indigenous Japanese wild grapes.

 

The wild grapes are healthy food that it has been chosen as one of the top 10 healthy foods in the world on TIME. The wild grapes have 10 times more of the amount of polyphenols in regular grapes.

 

The Mt. Haku-san which we see from Fukui City still has snow, and it looks white and bright. As the snow has been melted at vinery of Hakusan Winery which is located at the bottom of a part of Hakusan National Park, Mt. Kyoga-take, people start taking care of the vineyard and making wine for this year.

 

The mountains of Okuetsu (eastern Fukui) region can be seen on the way to Hakusan Winery.

It’s Mt. Arashima-dake (chosen as one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan) at right in the photograph.

 

 

T.S