On Saturday, November 21, 2026, Karuizawa Marriott Hotel will host the makers’ dinner “The Art of Fermentation.”
This special dinner is a collaboration between California winemaker “Six Cloves” and “Karuizawa An Winery,” Karuizawa’s first winery.
About the event
The event will welcome a female winemaker from Nagano Prefecture who makes wine in California, together with a female winemaker based in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture.
California and Karuizawa have different cultures, climates, and histories.
While exploring how each winemaker engages with the land and nature, the dinner will examine the terroir of these two places through fermentation, touching on their philosophies of expressing local character and their respective delicate yet supple sensibilities.
A talk session is also planned, bringing the two winemakers together to discuss their philosophies of winemaking and how they relate to the land and natural environment of their respective regions.
About the dinner and wines
For this event, the hotel’s executive chef will reinterpret Nagano’s inherited fermentation culture—including miso, soy sauce, koji, amazake, and nozawana—through French culinary techniques.
Through pairings selected by a Sommelier Excellence, the dinner will bring together wines nurtured in California and Karuizawa with Nagano’s fermented ingredients, expressing a new harmony between the individuality of the wines and the deep umami of the region’s fermented foods.
It will be a special evening where two wines from different places meet Nagano’s fermentation culture at a single table.
Why not experience it for yourself?
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■ “The Art of Fermentation” event overview
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2026
Details: ① Makers’ dinner with wine pairing
② Makers’ dinner with wine pairing plus accommodation, with a choice of three room types including a Main Wing Superior Room (32㎡) or North Wing Premium Room with open-air hot-spring bath (39㎡)
Price: ① ¥29,500 per person ② From ¥70,640 per person (based on two guests sharing one room)
※ The above prices include service charge and consumption tax.
※ For overnight stays, bathing tax and accommodation tax will be charged separately.
※ Overnight guests can join a shuttle tour to Karuizawa An Winery the day after the event.
※ Advance reservations are required by 5:00 p.m. five days before the event.
※ Limited to 10 groups, with up to four guests per group.
＜Reservations and inquiries＞
Karuizawa Marriott Hotel TEL: 0267-46-6611 URL: https://www.karuizawa-marriott.com