About Haskap Semi-Dry
- Style
- Rosé
- Grape Varieties
- Haskap
- Price Range
- ¥1,240-2,270
- tax included; 360ml/720ml, winery price
- Alcohol
- 12%
Haskap Semi-Dry is Chitose Winery's off-dry fruit wine made from Hokkaido's native haskap berries (Lonicera caerulea), a small blue-purple honeyberry cultivated around Chitose. Classified by the winery itself as a rosé-style, slightly dry (yaya karakuchi) fruit wine, it was relaunched in a renewed recipe on April 1, 2019. It offers an aromatic, clean palate with restrained sweetness that pairs easily with food, sitting between the fully sweet Haskap Sweet and the richer Haskap Premium Sweet in the winery's haskap lineup. It is bottled at 12% ABV in 720ml and 360ml sizes; the official product page does not list a specific vintage year.
This is the haskap wine to reach for if you want the berry's signature bright acidity without heavy sweetness — a clean, off-dry rosé-style fruit wine that proves haskap can work as a genuine food wine, not just a dessert pour.
New to wine?
A gentle, food-friendly entry point for those curious about Japanese fruit wine — less sweet than typical dessert-style haskap wines, so it feels closer to a table wine.
Food Pairings
Its restrained, off-dry sweetness and berry acidity make it food-friendly: try it with grilled or smoked salmon, sushi with a touch of sweetness (like unagi or tamago), soft cheeses, or light charcuterie. It also works as a lighter alternative to sweeter fruit wines with fresh fruit desserts.
When to drink it
A versatile choice for everyday dinners, casual gatherings, or as a distinctive Hokkaido gift for someone who wants to try Japanese fruit wine beyond grape wine.
Terroir & Winemaking
Produced from Hokkaido-grown haskap berries fermented into a rosé-style fruit wine, then finished off-dry (a Japanese 'yaya karakuchi' style) with a lighter residual sugar profile than the winery's sweet and premium-sweet haskap bottlings. The current recipe was relaunched on April 1, 2019. Bottled at 12% ABV in 720ml and 360ml formats; no vintage year is disclosed on the official product page.
About the producer
Chitose WineryGrace Wine's Hokkaido winery — elegant Kerner & Pinot Noir千歳市, 北海道 · Founded 1988Visit the producer page →Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Haskap Semi-Dry a sweet wine?
- No. Chitose Winery classifies it as a rosé-style, off-dry (yaya karakuchi) fruit wine with restrained sweetness — it is drier than the winery's Haskap Sweet and Haskap Premium Sweet bottlings.
- What grape or fruit is used?
- It is made from haskap (Lonicera caerulea), a native Hokkaido honeyberry grown around Chitose, not from grapes.
- What is the alcohol content and bottle size?
- It is bottled at 12% ABV, available in 720ml and 360ml sizes.
- How is it different from Haskap Sweet and Haskap Premium Sweet?
- All three are made from the same haskap fruit, but Haskap Semi-Dry has the least residual sugar of the three, positioned as an off-dry, food-friendly style rather than a dessert wine.
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