| Oct 11 I went to Yamagata, northern Japan 3 hours from Tokyo by Shinkansen Train, to visit to Takeda Winery which is one of the best "Domaine" winery in Japan.  | 
			
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| It was harvest time, the winery have been very busy. | |
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| Ms.Noriko Kishidaira, an owner & winemaker of the winery, friend of mine was working very hard. | |
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| She made time for me for wine tasting even though she was very busy. | |
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| All wines were wonderful, fabulous, outstanding in Japanese wines. | |
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| After the tasting, she showed me the vineyards. It was so beautiful. | |
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| She said she had decided the harvest for red wines would be on 18th October.  She told me Moon is into Cancer on the day !  | 
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| Then I went to Ryokan, Japanese traditional style hotel, and had a gorgeous dinner with Takeda wines. | |
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| It was one of the happiest dinner for me. | |
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