wine#12

KONPIRA MARU

8 months is a period that we hadn’t traveled since February of this year ….. 8 months(almost a year)!! I guess everybody has been still in the same situation around the world. We had just been stick around a neighborhood, and had avoided the crowds even though in a case like going to a grocery store. What had kept my life better and saved my life in this period is not only good local restaurants but also my partner’s homemade meal. That made me realized once again how good homemade is. Through this blog, I would like to thank my partner Tomo-san again. Thank you Tomo-san. And we also started going to a farmer’s house 伊藤園 (Ito-en), where they sell their own produce. I had never visited a farmer’s house to buy what they have harvested that day and also had never known there are people who grows crop in Tokyo. Believe me … I’ve never seen “Tokyo” on the produce price tag. Through this 8 months-self-catering, once again I realized how important taking time and effort is. Ohhh again !! I’ve still chatted…. but you know, chatting makes dinner time awesome 🤩. Okey-dokey, let’s talk about this wine KONPIRA MARU from Australia. Around the middle of October last month, we finally visited Nagano for the first time in 8 months(I want to talk about this trip to Nagano…but again it could be a long story to tell…. so not this time). When we took a dinner at Fika, they recommended this petillant for a start, so we grabbed it and of course….. we drank it all down in the blink of an eye. At first, I felt the scent like slightly yogurt (but you know it’s not like the same as exactly the smell of yogurt), and I could smell like plum or grated apple too. When it was in my mouth, the bubble (not strong) was immediately sparkling like fireworks, and the taste (plum/lemon/grapefruit) and a moderate sourness were also spreading out as if flowers bloomed all at once. That moment was exactly WOW. I mean… I felt everything moved so slow like a scene of the movie “Inception” (Can you hear that classic music??). The sound felt far away, as if living on a different time axis. But like the blue sky, the taste and scent were clear. This wine KONPIRA MARU is good as an aperitif. Bring this one and go to the wild with someone who you care about. This is my suggestion to you. Furthermore(not over yet 😅), I felt that by mixing the lees at room temperature at last, the taste became like an orange tea. Amazing! Isn’t it?? By the way, bubble was almost gone at this moment. And… again we bought three bottles of this wine !! That means… you know what, right?? カンパイ！！(Cheers)

Konpira Maru Winery Web Page⇩

🌐 https://konpiramaruwinecompany.com

Michi 宙