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NaganoKikyogahara Wine Valley

Château Mercian Kikyogahara Winery

シャトー・メルシャン 桔梗ヶ原ワイナリー

Visits: by reservationPaid tastingOn-site shopHistoric (pre-war)Vineyard tourLarge producerAward-winning

If you are driving, please do not taste. Japan has a zero-tolerance drink-driving law.

Winery tours require reservation, are paid and limited in capacity; the tasting counter is paid and needs no reservation.

Château Mercian's winery in Kikyogahara, Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture, housed in a building constructed in 1938. It offers paid winery tours and a paid tasting counter.

Address
長野県塩尻市大字宗賀1298-80
Hours
12:30-16:00
Closed
Unverified
Access
About 20-25 minutes by taxi from JR Shiojiri Station; about 10 minutes from the Shiojiri IC on the Nagano Expressway.
Founded
Unverified
Fruit-wine licence
2018.06.12 (newly granted; National Tax Agency)

Main grapes

Unverified

Competition awards

From the published results of the Japan Wine Competition. 8 listed.

  • 2026 グランドゴールド賞 シャトー・メルシャン 桔梗ヶ原メルロー シグナチャー 2021
  • 2026 銀賞 シャトー・メルシャン 桔梗ヶ原メルロー 2021
  • 2025 銀賞 シャトー・メルシャン 桔梗ヶ原メルロー 2021
  • 2025 銀賞 シャトー・メルシャン 桔梗ヶ原メルロー シグナチャー 2020
  • 2025 銀賞 シャトー・メルシャン 桔梗ヶ原メルロー シグナチャー 2021
  • 2025 銅賞 シャトー・メルシャン 片丘 2022
  • 2025 銅賞 シャトー・メルシャン 片丘ヴィンヤード 2021
  • 2024 銅賞 シャトー・メルシャン 桔梗ヶ原メルロー シグナチャー 2019

Where to buy

Sources

Last verified:
  • nagano-wine.jp掲載一覧Last verified:
  • nagano-wine.jp掲載一覧Last verified:
  • chateaumercian.com公式サイトLast verified:
  • msearch.gsi.go.jp国土地理院 住所検索(返り値「長野県塩尻市宗賀1298番地」/大字までの解決・従前の座標から 433m)— 緯度経度の出典Last verified:
  • nta.go.jp国税庁 酒類等製造免許の新規取得者一覧(果実酒・2018-06-12・処理区分「新規」)— 製造者名「メルシャン 株式会社/シャトー・メルシャン 桔梗ヶ原ワイナリー」Last verified:

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