Ishikawa7 wineries

Open to visitors

3 (1 by reservation)

Tasting available

3 wineries

On-site shop

4 wineries

Earliest founding year

2005 Noto Wine

These figures count the winery listings on this site. Every listing carries its own sources and verification date. Anything we could not verify is left out of the count, so the real numbers may be higher. A founding year may refer to the parent company — often a sake brewery — rather than the year winemaking began.

Winemaking in Ishikawa is concentrated on the Noto Peninsula, which juts into the Sea of Japan. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' magazine aff features Noto Wine, in the town of Anamizu, among producers around the country who grow their own grapes. According to the prefecture's official tourism site, run by the Ishikawa Tourism League, Noto Wine opened in 2006 and Heidee Winery in Monzen, Wajima, in 2011. Anamizu describes the local product as "raw wine" — unpasteurised — made from wine grapes grown in Noto.

Climate

According to the agriculture ministry's magazine, Anamizu has only a narrow gap between day and night temperatures, so sugar builds slowly in the grapes and growers delay the harvest to compensate. The prefecture's official tourism site, meanwhile, notes the long hours of sunshine from May to August in Monzen, Wajima.

Soil

The agriculture ministry's magazine describes the soil in Anamizu's vineyards as an iron-rich, mildly acidic clay, into which oyster shells are worked to adjust the pH. The prefecture's official tourism site likewise calls Noto Wine's ground "red earth that drains poorly," improved with oyster shells. Of Heidee Winery in Monzen, Wajima, the same site says the land was once seabed that has since been uplifted, leaving it rich in minerals.

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