Sep 17 Arnaud came here from South France. We had a lot of visitors from abroad in these days. Then we went to Kin-zushi in Kanda with BYO. At first, I let Arnaud try to taste Koshu wine, Chateu Mercian Gris de Gris and Chateau Mercian Koshu Kotaru-Shikomi.

It was the first time for Arnaud that he tasted a Koshu variety. He enjoyed the wine very much especially Gris de Gris, the beautiful color and the unique character. I also loved them, very good for Sushi. I believed the Mercian 2003 vintage was great ! Then many people were getting here. Mr. Shiota-Mippa Kuma, chef de cuisine of Andra, the famous wine bar in Shibuya,

Mysterious beautiful ladies, Mr. Kusuda,a famous wine witer and his brother, a wine maker of Kusuda Wines in New Zealand, Mr.Adegawa, the owner of Asahiya Winecellar, a famous wineshop in Nerima, etc.

Probably, nobody knew why we were here, of course me neither. Oh ! there were getting a lot of wine.

I often heard the very good reputation of Kusuda Wines Pinot Noir 2002 before. ( 5775 yen at Asahiya Winecellar http://www.asahiya-wine.com/frNZL.htm ） It was the first time for me that I try to taste the bottles. Oh! It was really nice ! The outstanding Pinot Noir ! I thought it was as like a Prieure Rock very good vintage ! Very concentrated, deep and deep ! What a wonderful Pinot Noir ! Oh! I drank too much and missed the last train as usual....