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Tōmi City, Nagano Prefecture. Gentle slopes opening up along the Chikuma River.
This area was once a vast apple orchard. Rue de Vin began planting and cultivating grapevines, and making wine, with the aim of breathing life back into the neglected farmland and restoring its richness.
The dry wind blowing up the slopes, the abundant sunshine, and the significant temperature difference between day and night create conditions from which great wines may one day be born.
Just as the Côte d'Or in Burgundy, France, we dream of the day when this will be called Japan's "Golden Hill."
