Other than Omiki in matsuri season I rarely drink any alcohol, maybe 6 bottles of beer a year, but when offered samples to taste at Okuizumo winery I couldn't refuse.
The winery moved to its current location in the hills above the Hi River near Kisuki about 8 years ago. Wine has been drunk in Japan since the first christian missionaries brought it, but the first attempt to produce it domestically was not until the Meiji era, however, a boom began post WWII, and now there are many vineyards all over Japan.
Okuizumo Vineyard has won prizes for some of their wines, but I wouldn't put too much stock in Japanese prizes......
For some reason they also had a small collection of donkeys.
and a nice flower garden leading to the shop and restaurant
