Japan Winery Map

Know the grapes

Shokoshi小公子

Wineries growing it
9
Awards
17
Years with awards
2009–2026

A small, dark grape of yamabudo lineage, usually making a richly coloured red with fresh acidity and earthy, spicy notes.

Shokoshi is a red-wine crossing bred by Haruo Sawanobori, a Japanese researcher and breeder devoted to yamabudo. Sources confirm that Chinese, Himalayan and Japanese mountain-grape lines were involved, but do not identify a single definitive parent combination. The berries are small and dark purple, and the variety is described as an early one, harvested around mid-August. In wine it commonly shows yamabudo's acidity and colour, with concentrated fruit, earthy notes and a gentle suggestion of spice.

Japan (yamabudo lineage, bred by Haruo Sawanobori)deep purple colouryamabudo acidityearthy aromaspice

Notes on aroma and taste describe general tendencies for this grape, not claims about any particular wine — the actual character depends on the producer and how it is made.

Statements of fact — origin, crossing, plant-variety registration and growing regions — have been checked against public bodies, research institutes, or the breeder (2 sources).

Shokoshi at the Japan Wine Competition

17 awards in the published results carry “Shokoshi” in the entry name, across 5 wineries and 13 years. These are read from the entry names, not from declared grape composition, so wines whose names do not mention the grape are not included.

  • Gold 3
  • Silver 3
  • Bronze 8
  • Encouragement 2

Wineries with the most awards

Ordered by how many awards we list. Producers differ in how many wines they entered and in how many years they entered, so this is not a ranking of quality.

Wines that have won more than once

Grouped by producer and wine, showing those with three or more awards. Names come from the published entry names, with the vintage removed because each row spans several vintages.

By year

Wineries growing Shokoshi

9 listed wineries are recorded by their sources as growing this grape.