Yulia Ezhikova was spending the winter of 2020 at a ski resort in Hokkaido. Then when it came time to go home to Hong Kong, COVID hit... read more →
“Hokkaido wine is a joke,” the veteran wine importer said. We were at the venerable Tokyo wine bar Shonzui, I was in another galaxy, having stepped off of... read more →
Staying for two nights in the vibrant city Sapporo was a pretty terrific idea. Not only for its proximity to the vineyards but the eating and drinking scene... read more →
“Takahiko Soga is the real deal,” my friend the winemaker Tomoko Kuriyama has long told me. I... read more →
SHONZUI Look for the sign, walk up two flights of stairs and enter a messy place with a great vibe and hunks of bloody... read more →