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Stone arch inscribed 'Iwanohara Vineyard Second Cellar' at Iwanohara Vineyard

WINERY · NIIGATA

岩の原葡萄園

Photo: Josh Furr / CC BY-SA 4.0

Type
Winery
Location
Niigata · Joetsu
Region
Koshinetsu
Founded
1890
Official site
www.iwanohara.sgn.ne.jp ↗

03 — RECORD

A winery in Joetsu, Niigata, founded in 1890 by Zenbei Kawakami — who crossed Bailey with Muscat Hamburg to breed Muscat Bailey A.

04 — LOCATION / LAND

Regional overview — not producer-specific

Sunlit basins and snow-bound plains.

Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata: mountain-ringed basins alongside snowy plains opening onto the Sea of Japan — vineyards and rice paddies within a single region.

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa
NIIGATAN 37.90°  E 139.02°

05–07 — INGREDIENTS · WATER · PRODUCTION

General ingredients and processes of japanese wine. This producer's own water source, ingredients and methods will be added once confirmed from official information.

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Representative drinks

Overhead pergola-trained Koshu vineyard in Katsunuma
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0

Tours, shops, opening hours, reservations and tastings change over time, so they are not listed here. Please check the producer's official website for current information.

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  3. 03Hokkaido Wine北海道ワインEST. 1974
  4. 04Takahata Winery高畠ワイナリーEST. 1990

SOURCES

Last verified 26 September 2026

  1. 1【ワイナリーを知る・第4回】岩の原葡萄園 日本のワイン用ブドウの父「川上善兵衛」の遺徳を今に活かす日本ワイナリー協会 Japan Wineries Association · Industry body · accessed 2026-09-26

Some details rest on non-official sources or on official text seen in search results.

  1. 1Iwanohara Vineyard second cellar — Josh Furr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons