Domaine Ito
ドメーヌ・イトウ
Okazaki's first winery, wild-yeast wines from local grapes
Domaine Ito is Okazaki City's first winery, with its production facility completed and opened in August 2023 in Aichi Prefecture. Founded by grower Takashi Ito, who took over his family's decades-old table-grape vineyard, the winery turns locally grown Kyoho, Delaware, and Shine Muscat grapes into wine using minimal-intervention methods, wild yeast fermentation, and barrel aging. The goal is to capture the exact taste and aroma of the grapes as felt in the vineyard at harvest, producing natural, low-intervention wines under the HANAMUSUBI and KAGAYAKI labels.
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Who Is This For?
For those curious about Japan's newest wine regions and natural, low-intervention wines made from table-grape varieties like Kyoho and Shine Muscat.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When did Domaine Ito open?
- Domaine Ito's winemaking facility in Okazaki City was completed and opened in August 2023, making it the city's first winery.
- Who runs Domaine Ito?
- The winery is run by Takashi Ito, who took over his family's grape farm and trained in winemaking in Nagano and Yamanashi before establishing the winery.
- What grapes does Domaine Ito use?
- The winery uses table grape varieties grown on its own farm, including Kyoho, Delaware, and Shine Muscat, rather than typical wine grapes.
- What is Domaine Ito's winemaking style?
- They ferment with wild yeast and age in barrels, aiming for minimal intervention that captures the fresh taste and aroma of the grapes at harvest.
- What wines does Domaine Ito produce?
- Their main labels are HANAMUSUBI (red and white) and KAGAYAKI, a barrel-fermented Shine Muscat wine.