Sommeliers Choice Awards 2024 Winners
INABA Co., Ltd.
Category: Wine Importer
Country: Japan
Date:09/01/2019
They import nice wines directly from the producers in Europe and the other area of the world.They distribute them all over Japan
In late 1970's, the wines were not distributed very much in Japan. But we were attracted by German wines which we thought suit Japanese people's taste. At that time, we could see a good future in the Japanese wine market. Then, we decided to import German wines. Before we started importing wines, we went to Germany in order to find the wines which were not yet imported into the Japanese market. During the trip in Germany, we met this wonderful producer who showed marked enthusiasm for continuing to produce wines of good quality. Then we started importing his wines directly from Germany. Our enthusiasm for wines of good quality helped us to meet more and more good producers. Eventually, we import around 1000 wines from all over the world. We select the 1000 wines through visiting producers, their vineyards, their cellars, knowing their way of wine-making and lots of tastings. When we meet right producers for us, we decide to import their wines. Our mission is to introduce nice wines which are not known in the Japanese market yet. Our pleasure is to let Japanese consumers know the real value of such nice wines and enjoy such wines.