Sadoya Winery

Story of SADOYA Historically, SADOYA was an oil company which started in the Edo era and switched business to become a liquor/beer distribution company in 1909. The owner of the 6th generation company, Seizo Imai established the current SADOYA as a wine maker and distributor in 1917. Initially, Seizo and his oldest son Tomonosuke bought grapes made in Katsunuma to vinify the wine named as “Koutetesu tennen budoushu” until they were able to reclaim land and grew their own grapes. Aiming to make quality wine from planting Since Seizo had started making wine, he tried to learn French wine culture and he made Tomonosuke study French language. Seizo learnt that French people use special grapes which are grown purely for making wine. Different varieties grow in different areas depending on climate and the regional wine is represented as their signature agricultural product. At the beginning of new era, Showa, Seizo expected that Japanese food culture would be influenced by western countri

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3-3-24 Kitaguchi, Kofu 400-0024 Yamanashi Prefecture

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