About Fuefuki Wine
- Founded
- 1987
- 39 years ago
- Location
- 笛吹市
- 山梨県
- Wines listed
- 2
- White 1, Red 1
- Main grapes
- Adirondack, Delaware
Fuefuki Wine is a long-established winery in Misaka, Fuefuki City, in the heart of Yamanashi Prefecture, with roots going back to the early Showa era. Rather than relying solely on estate vineyards, the winery specializes in commissioned fermentation for local contract farmers, turning 100% Yamanashi-grown grapes such as Koshu, Muscat Bailey A, and Merlot into wine. Its head brewer times key vineyard work, such as shoot pinching, to the phases of the moon, a nature-aligned approach echoing European organic viticulture. The winery is best known for keeping alive Yamanashi's distinctive isshobin (1.8-liter bottle) wine culture, an unpretentious, everyday format cherished as a local gift and table wine. From late July through early November, visitors can join hands-on wine-making experiences, including grape picking and traditional foot-treading pressing, and take home a bottle bearing a label they designed themselves.
Who Is This For?
For those curious about Japan's everyday wine culture: casual, farmer-grown, no-frills isshobin bottles perfect for izakaya-style sharing.
Wines of Fuefuki Wine
Location & Nearby
- Address
- 山梨県笛吹市御坂町夏目原992View map ↗
- Founded
- 1987
Source: fuefuki-wine.com (checked Sep 2026) / maroon.dti.ne.jp (checked Sep 2026)
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Fuefuki Wine known for?
- Fuefuki Wine is known for keeping Yamanashi's isshobin (1.8-liter bottle) wine culture alive, offering casual, everyday wines made from 100% Yamanashi-grown grapes.
- Does Fuefuki Wine grow its own grapes?
- Fuefuki Wine mainly works as a commissioned fermentation winery, turning grapes grown by local contract farmers in Fuefuki City into wine rather than relying solely on estate vineyards.
- What winemaking philosophy does Fuefuki Wine follow?
- Its head brewer schedules vineyard work such as shoot pinching according to the phases of the moon, an approach that mirrors nature-aligned methods used in European organic viticulture.
- Can visitors experience wine-making at Fuefuki Wine?
- Yes. From late July to early November, visitors can join grape-picking and traditional foot-treading wine-making experiences and create their own wine label.
- Where is Fuefuki Wine located?
- The winery is located in Misaka-cho, Fuefuki City, in the heart of Yamanashi Prefecture, near the Ichinomiya-Misaka Interchange on the Chuo Expressway.