Chateau Sakaori Winery

Chateau Sakaori Winery was established in May 1991 on the beautiful hill of Sakaori overlooking the city of Kofu in northern Yamanashi - a prefecture renown for producing the best wines in Japan. Thanks to its sister wine-importing company Kinoshita International and the latter’s worldwide network of suppliers, Chateau Sakaori is able to regularly get from them the latest information on winemaking techniques and this, coupled with the help of the best equipment acquired from abroad, enables the winery to produce high quality Japanese wines made from indigenous grapes such as Koshu or Muscat Bailey A, as well as traditional liqueurs made from Japanese apricots or citrons.

Our Wines

The climate in Japan, with its high humidity, high rainfall and many typhoons cannot be considered the ideal place for growing grapes. Despite all this, Chateau Sakaori consistently produces awarded premium wines thanks to the knowledge of many generations of Japanese winemakers who overtime have determined the grape growing techniques best suited to the local climate, thanks also to using indigenous grapes that not only survive that climate but can thrive in it, and finally thanks to forging strong working partnerships with the most talented local grape growers in order to acquire optimal grapes on top of those grown by the Chateau itself.

Winery Tour

Welcome to CHATEAU SAKAORI WINERY!
We look forward to your visit and wish you a wonderful tasting experience!

Do you want to see behind the scenes and see how our wines start from vines and end up in your glass? We are offering 3 kinds of tours as below.

Guided tour by our chief winemaker

Join our chief winemaker on an Educational Tour of our Winery. Starting in our Estate Vineyards and ending in our Cellar, we will discuss the winemaking process from Vine to Bottle, as we explore what makes our wines so special. The Winemaker’s Tour lasts about 1.5 hour with an additional 30 minutes either before or after the tour for our Reserve wines tasting.

Reservations are required until a week before your visit. The tour lasts at least 90 minutes. If you are under the legal age of 20, we will offer you grape juice instead of wine. On occasion we may be very busy and unable to conduct tours. Please check with us prior to visiting.

Price ¥3,000 per person
Duration About 2 hours (tasting time included)
Capacity 10 people
Availability On Saturdays from 13:30 and Sundays from 10:00 on the 2nd and 4th week of the month.
Reservation Required. Please note that this is a request for a tasting visit. We will contact you as soon as possible with official confirmation.

Guided tour by our staff

During this tour, our guide will share the history of Sakaori winery, introduce you to our facilities and winemaking methods of producing our wine, and conduct a tasting of select wine.

Grape juice will be served to the designated driver and underage visitors.

Price ¥300 per person
Duration About 20 minutes
Availability Open Daily 9:00am - 15:00pm, every 30min.
Reservation Not required.

Self-guided tour

Price Complimentary
Duration About 15 minutes
Availability Open Daily 9:00am - 15:30pm.
Reservation Not required.

Access

NAME CHATEAU SAKAORI WINERY CO., LTD.
ADDRESS 1338-203 Sakaoricho Kofu, YAMANASHIACCESS
TEL/FAX +81-55-227-0511 / +81-55-227-0512
Email okyakusama@sakaoriwine.com
Store hours AM 9:00~PM 4:00
Closed: The year-end
PRODUCT Chateau Sakaori’s wines and liqueurs are sold at the winery’s boutique, along with some of the many fine wines imported by its sister company Kinoshita International, as well as various specialities from Yamanashi prefecture. The Chateau also produces and sells original wine cakes and wine jams, and has assembled a selection of chocolates and snacks to be savoured with the wines for anyone wishing to taste them on our premises while enjoying the beautiful view over Koshu and its surroundings.