Yamanashi
山梨
Birthplace of Japanese wine, home of the Koshu grape
About Yamanashi
- Producers listed
- 91
- Appellations
- 2 areas
- Most wineries in
- 甲州市・笛吹市
- Founded 2010 or later
- 28%
- 23 of 82 with a known founding year
Yamanashi is the birthplace of the Japanese wine industry and the country's largest and most important wine region. Set in a mountain-ringed basin west of Tokyo, it enjoys long sunshine hours, low rainfall, and wide diurnal temperature swings — ideal conditions for viticulture. The region is world-renowned for the indigenous Koshu grape, which yields elegant, crisp white wines, while Muscat Bailey A produces distinctive reds. Historic districts such as Katsunuma and estates like Suntory Tomi no Oka Winery in Kai City anchor a landscape of more than 90 wineries, from century-old houses to innovative boutique producers, keeping Yamanashi at the forefront of Japanese wine quality.
Best for
Wine lovers seeking Japan's indigenous varieties and the historic heart of Japanese winemaking
Food Pairings
Koshu whites shine with sushi, sashimi, and tempura; Muscat Bailey A reds suit yakitori and Yamanashi's houtou noodles.
Winery Map of Yamanashi
Of the Yamanashi wineries on Vinami, we show the 90 whose locations we have verified.
Wineries by Municipality
- 甲州市45
- 98WINEsFounded 2017
- Asaya WineryFounded 1921
- BudoubatakeFounded 2006
- Care Fit Farm WineryFounded 2018
- Casa WatanabeFounded 2020
- Chateau JunFounded 1979
- Chateau KatsunumaFounded 1877
- Chateau MercianFounded 1877
- Chateraise Belle Foret Winery KatsunumaFounded 2000
- Diamond WineryFounded 1939
- Domaine OyamadaFounded 2014
- Domaine PonkotsuFounded 2015
- Enzan Wine Co., Ltd.Founded 1957
- Fujiclair WineryFounded 1963
- Grace WineFounded 1923
- Haramo WineFounded 1924
- Hiyori WineryFounded 2018
- Ikeda WineryFounded 1995
- Iwasaki JozoFounded 1941
- Kai WineryFounded 1986
- Kashiwa Wine
- Katsunuma WineryFounded 1937
- Kinjyo BudoshuFounded 1963
- Kisvin WineryFounded 2013
- Kizan WineryFounded 1930
- Komazono VineyardFounded 1963
- Kurambon WineFounded 1913
- L'Orient WineFounded 1938
- La Belle VigneFounded 2019
- Mann's WinesFounded 1963
- Manns Wine Katsunuma WineryFounded 1963
- Marufuji Winery (Rubaiyat)Founded 1882
- Maruki WineryFounded 1891
- Marusan BudoshuFounded 1963
- MGVs WineryFounded 2017
- Morita Koshu WineryFounded 1973
- Nakahara WineryFounded 2014
- Nikkawa WineryFounded 2020
- Ohizumi WineryFounded 1963
- Okunota WineryFounded 1962
- Papapuru
- Soryu WineryFounded 1899
- Toumu WineryFounded 2004
- Ushioku Daiichi Budoshu
- Yamato Budoshu Co., Ltd.Founded 1913
- 笛吹市12
- 8 VineyardFounded 1963
- Alps Wine Co., Ltd.Founded 1962
- Aramaki WineryFounded 1930
- Fuefuki WineFounded 1987
- Hikawa Chuo WineryFounded 1973
- Kitanoro JozoFounded 1963
- Lumiere WineryFounded 1885
- Mars Yamanashi WineryFounded 1960
- Minami Alps Wine and Beverage Co., Ltd.Founded 2013
- Monde WineryFounded 1952
- Montanas Wine
- Suzuran WineryFounded 1905
- 山梨市11
- Caney WineFounded 1962
- Cantina HiroFounded 2018
- Hikawa Wine
- Kyoei-doFounded 2016
- Sainte Neige WineryFounded 1947
- Sanyo WineFounded 1933
- Shion WineryFounded 2007
- Soleil WineFounded 2002
- Sun River WineFounded 1963
- Tsuruya Winery
- Yawata WineFounded 1962
- 北杜市9
- Akeno VineyardFounded 2021
- Beau PaysageFounded 2008
- Charmant WineFounded 1963
- Domaine de la Akeno VenusFounded 2018
- Domaine Mie IkenoFounded 2011
- Domaine PasserelleFounded 2022
- Grandvert VineyardFounded 2024
- Komaki VineyardFounded 2025
- Vintage Farm
- 甲斐市3
- Chateraise Belle Foret WineryFounded 1985
- Shikishima WineryFounded 1985
- Suntory Tomi no Oka WineryFounded 1909
- 甲府市3
- Chateau Sakaori WineryFounded 1991
- Domaine QFounded 2000
- Sadoya WineryFounded 1917
- 韮崎市3
- Casa Pino JapanFounded 2006
- Domaine KayagatakeFounded 2015
- Nomi-en Kawanishi WineryFounded 1918
- 市川三郷町1
- 大月市1
- OLIFANTFounded 1953
- 南アルプス市1
- Domaine HideFounded 2015
- 富士河口湖町1
- Seven Cedars WineryFounded 2022
Addresses and founding years are verified against each winery's official website and public information from local governments and industry bodies. Sources are listed on each producer's page.
Producers
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8 Vineyard
8 Vineyard (officially 8 vin-yard MISAKA, pronounced "Huit Vineyard Misaka" in French) is a winery operated by New Yamanashi Wine Brewing Co., Ltd. (ニュー山梨ワイン醸造株式会社), a directly managed subsidiary of JA Fuefuki agricultural cooperative. Founded in 1963 in Misaka Town, Fuefuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture — the city that boasts Japan's number-one grape cultivation area, harvest volume, and shipment volume — this winery has a proud six-decade history of crafting wines from 100% locally grown grapes. The brand name "8 vin-yard MISAKA" carries deep symbolism: the number 8 (八) is traditionally considered auspicious in Japan, representing good fortune and prosperity. Laid on its side, it becomes the infinity symbol (∞), embodying the winery's wish for enduring success. The "8" also represents the eight farming regions within JA Fuefuki that supply grapes exclusively to this estate. Every bottle is made from grapes grown in Misaka Town, preserving authentic terroir of this storied wine district. The winery produces wines from both indigenous Japanese grape varieties — most notably Koshu (甲州), which has been cultivated in Yamanashi for over 1,200 years — and traditional red varieties. Their flagship white wine, Misaka Free-run Koshu (御坂 フリーラン甲州), is made using only free-run juice from Koshu grapes, resulting in delicate citrus aromas, fine minerality, and refreshing acidity. Their flagship red, Yachikura Muscat Bailey A (八千蔵 マスカットベーリーA), is crafted from vines over 60 years old in the historic Yachikura district, yielding a wine of uncommon depth and character with cherry-like aromas and well-integrated tannins. In 2019, the winery made a landmark decision to begin barrel aging, producing their first oak-aged wine under the guidance of Yasuo Murakami, a leading figure at the Japan Winery Association. The result, "Takei" (竹居), showcases vanilla and toasted oak notes beautifully integrated with the regional Koshu grape. The winery also produces wines from rare and distinctive varieties including Adirondack (アジロン) — a fragrant American-origin black grape grown almost exclusively in Yamanashi — and TAIHO, a large-berried variety related to Fujuminori. In 2025, 8 vin-yard MISAKA was recognized with a Connoisseur's Award at the 8th Japan Winery Award (日本ワイナリーアワード 2025), an honor given to distinctive wineries chosen by wine specialists for their unique character and future potential.
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8vin-yard.jpアルプスワイン株式会社
Alps Wine Co., Ltd.
Alps Wine Co., Ltd. is a family-run winery in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, founded in 1962 when Fukuhei Maejima took over Miyoshizaki Brewery, a community winery once run by local grape farmers in the Kitsune-Arai district. Now led by third-generation president Ryo Maejima together with his three children handling sales, winemaking, and distribution, the winery lives by the motto 'a first-class product, even from a small company.' Its winemaking philosophy centers on simplicity and cleanliness—rigorous equipment sanitation, careful raw-material and yeast selection, and precise temperature control during aging—to produce clear, clean wines built to age gracefully. In 2021, to mark its 60th anniversary, the winery launched the Fox Village label, named after Kitsune-Arai ('fox's new home'), the historic place name of its home district.
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www.alpswine.co.jp/新巻葡萄酒
Aramaki Winery
Aramaki Winery (Gold Wine) is a family-run winery at 500 Aramaki, Ichinomiya-cho, Fuefuki City, in eastern Yamanashi Prefecture. Founded in 1930 when the family obtained a brewing license, it grew out of the prewar "block winery" tradition, where neighboring farmers brought grapes to a shared press for home consumption. Now in its fourth generation under the Nakamura family, the winery is unusual in using only grapes grown on its own roughly 1.5-hectare vineyard — mainly Delaware, Koshu, and Muscat Bailey A trained on traditional overhead trellises — so that the same hands who tend the vines also ferment and bottle the wine. Winemaking is kept deliberately simple: the winery puts most of its effort into vineyard work, then lets fermentation proceed with minimal intervention so each vintage's fruit character comes through clearly. Under the "Gold Wine" label, its Koshu is the winery's best-known and most repeat-purchased bottling. The winery keeps production small and prices accessible, with bottles starting around ¥1,200, aiming to be one of Japan's best-value wineries for everyday drinking rather than special-occasion wine.
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aramakiwinery.jp/金井醸造場
Caney Wine
Founded in 1962 in Manriki, Yamanashi City, Caney Wine (Kanai Jozojo) is a small family-run winery in eastern Yamanashi where husband-and-wife team Ichiro and Yuko Kanai handle everything from grape growing to winemaking and sales. Roughly 60% of their vineyards are farmed organically, and since a visit from biodynamics pioneer Nicolas Joly in 2004, the estate has moved away from unnecessary chemical fertilizers and pesticides, relying instead on minimal sulfur and copper along with homemade plant-based preparations. They grow both native Japanese varieties, Koshu and Delaware, alongside European varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Chardonnay, producing tiny volumes under the Vino da Manriki label that aim to capture the character of the Kofu Basin terroir.
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caney.fruits.jpカンティーナ・ヒロ
Cantina Hiro
Founded in 2018 in the Makioka district of Yamanashi City — a hillside area in the prefecture's eastern reaches known as 'Tenku no Oka' (the hill in the sky) at 750-1,000m elevation — Cantina Hiro grew out of a family that had farmed grapes for 70 years. Owner Takehiko Hirose named the winery 'Cantina', Italian for a small winery vinifying 100% of its own estate fruit, adding his own surname. Driven by a vision to make Makioka 'the Barolo of Japan', the winery focuses on Italian varieties such as Nebbiolo, Barbera and Trebbiano alongside Japan's own Yama Sauvignon and Yamablan hybrids and heirloom Koshu and Kyoho grapes, following a natural, low-intervention approach with no added sugar or acid. Its flagship ACCA series, an Italian rendering of the winery's 'H', along with the Felicissimo and Partenza lines, reflects the family's belief that grapes account for 80% of a wine and winemaking only 20%.
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cantina-hiro.jpカサ・ピノ・ジャパン
Casa Pino Japan
Casa Pino Japan Co., Ltd. was founded in Yokohama in 2006 (with its Argentine business dating to 1999) as Japan's only specialty trading company for Argentine wine. The company has since expanded into a broader importer and distributor of wines from Argentina, Chile, Italy and Australia, representing producers such as Rutini Wines, Luigi Bosca, Bodega Familia Schroeder and Mi Terruño. In 2019 it opened its own bottling plant in Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture, where wine imported in bulk from overseas is bottled under strict quality control; the plant holds FSSC22000 food-safety certification. Rather than growing grapes and making wine on site, Casa Pino Japan functions as an import-and-bottling hub, and since December 2025 has partnered with Nirasaki City to offer Chilean wine sets as furusato nozei (hometown tax) return gifts.
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casapino.net/ja/
Show all other producers (30)
- Chateau Sakaori Winery
- Chateraise Belle Foret Winery
- Domaine Hide
- Domaine Kayagatake
- Domaine Q
- Fuefuki Wine
- Hikawa Chuo Winery
- Hikawa Wine
- Kitanoro Jozo
- Kyoei-do
- Lumiere Winery
- Mars Yamanashi Winery
- Minami Alps Wine and Beverage Co., Ltd.
- Monde Winery
- Montanas Wine
- Nomi-en Kawanishi Winery
- OLIFANT
- Rakuen Winery
- Sadoya Winery
- Sainte Neige Winery
- Sanyo Wine
- Seven Cedars Winery
- Shikishima Winery
- Shion Winery
- Soleil Wine
- Sun River Wine
- Suntory Tomi no Oka Winery
- Suzuran Winery
- Tsuruya Winery
- Yawata Wine
Appellations
Smaller wine areas within Yamanashi.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the signature grape variety of Yamanashi?
- Koshu, a pink-skinned white grape indigenous to Japan, is Yamanashi's signature variety, producing elegant, crisp, gently citrusy white wines.
- Is Yamanashi the largest wine region in Japan?
- Yes. Yamanashi has the largest number of wineries in Japan — more than 90 — and is the historic and qualitative center of Japanese wine.
- Which famous wineries are located in Yamanashi?
- Suntory Tomi no Oka Winery in Kai City, whose Tomi Koshu 2022 won Best in Show at Decanter World Wine Awards 2024, plus many historic houses around Katsunuma.
- What food pairs well with Yamanashi Koshu wine?
- Koshu's delicate citrus and clean acidity make it a classic partner for sushi, sashimi, tempura, and other lightly seasoned Japanese dishes.