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William & Melanie Campbell-Drane
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Sep 19, 2003
Secret treasures of southern Sonoma
The sensual impact of a vacation in the wine country is hard to beat. Hot days, cold nights, good food and meandering drives under blue skies between vineyards and wineries that range from the manicured to the seemingly long-ago abandoned.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jul 18, 2003
Summertime and sipping is easy
We make an annual diving pilgrimage to Niigata Prefecture's Sado Island each summer, ideally timed to fall into the narrow window between the end of rainy season and the start of jellyfish season. The lumbering three-hour trip on the car ferry is to us the sign that summer has at long last arrived --...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jun 20, 2003
Surprising secret of Bordeaux's success
France's Bordeaux region contains only 2 percent of the world's vineyard land, but in terms of global wine exports, it accounts for 4 percent of total volume and a whopping 10 percent of total value. What is it that makes Bordeaux so sought after?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
May 23, 2003
Up there, where the grapes grow slow
An old quip in the wine trade asks, "What do you get when you combine grape juice, brown sugar, white spirits and a few extra-large dollops of oak flavoring?" The answer, which should be obvious to anyone who has trawled the bargain-bin section of Japanese wine shops in the last few years, is "Shiraz,...
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Apr 25, 2003
When necrophilia isn't best
One of the perennial debates among wine lovers is whether wine is best drunk straight on release, after five or 10 years, or decades down the road. Even collectors and winemakers can't agree, leading to understandable confusion among the rest of us. And cultural differences also come into play, spawning...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Apr 11, 2003
The word's finally out on 'obscure' Albarino
There has been a tremendous buzz recently in Tokyo sommelier circles about an obscure white wine that combines the minerality of Reisling, the zest of Sauvignon Blanc and the floral character of Viognier.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Mar 14, 2003
Randall Grahm wants winelovers to get screwed
Press coverage of the Californian wine industry tends to focus on a few groups: the entrenched psuedo-Italian family dynasties (such as Gallo, Mondavi, Sebastani); the gargantuan, multinational "alcoholic beverage product" companies; and the wonderful, but obscure artisan winemakers. But among them all,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Feb 28, 2003
Never too late for resolutions
The study and enjoyment of wine can be a lifelong passion: Insight gained now can bring pleasure for years to come. We are often asked what we would recommend to people looking to expand their wine knowledge and over the years we've gathered a list of suggestions. Though spring is coming, it's not too...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Feb 14, 2003
A 'petite' varietal that punches above its weight
We were recently guests at a food and wine pairing session run by renegade chef Eric Gower (his second cookbook, "The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen," will be released this fall by Kodansha International). One wine on the table that stood out above all the rest was a 1997 Arciero Petite Sirah from California....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jan 31, 2003
Reunited with past loves: Oh, how sweet they are
Like many of us, William's love of the grape began with a sip of a sweet wine, in his case a thimble-full of late-harvest Gewurtztraminer offered by his mother to a curious 12-year-old. Even all these years later, he still claims to remember that sense of sticking one's head into an armful of lilies,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jan 17, 2003
Can you enjoy wine by numbers?
Our Dec. 20 column on Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2002 list generated interesting feedback. Some readers wondered how it was possible that the No. 1 wine had a lower score than wines further down the list. Other readers raised the more fundamental question of whether it is even possible to give...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Dec 20, 2002
'Top 100' bargain-hunters, on your marks
Whether or not you always agrees with its contents, one of the most widely studied wine rankings is Wine Spectator magazine's annual "Top 100 Wines in the World" listing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Aug 25, 2002
Time to think pink again
A browse through the aisles of any fine wine shop can be a feast of colors to the discerning eye, albeit in two narrow parts of the spectrum. "White" wines range from crystal clear Rieslings to buttery-yellow Chardonnays, while "reds" can run the gamut from ruby-colored Pinot Noir to dark purple Mourvedre...
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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