投稿の詳細: ありがとうございましたThank you very much.

昨日(14日）ワイン東京2009にて
楠ヴィニヤーズの小間を訪ねて
下さった皆様。ありがとうございました。
私のワインに対する業界の方々の
率直なご意見を伺うことができて
大変良い勉強になりました。

展示会後、知人に誘われて
白金のＯ邸にて素晴らしいディナーを
頂き、本日午後帰って来ました。
早速畑の整備などで忙しく
しておりました。

大変多くの方々に訪れて頂き、
丁寧な対応をお一人お一人に
できずに失礼があったかと
思います。その点まずお詫び申し上げます。

会場では、お薦めの白である
セミヨン/ソーヴィニオン・ブランと
赤のメルロー/カベルネsに対して
非常に好意的なコメントが多く、
意を強く致しました。
『美味しい』とか、『すごい』、
『驚きました』、『葡萄を感じます』
等々。嬉しい言葉を沢山頂きました。
また、一度テイスティングをした
方が、わざわざお知り合いを連れて
再度訪ねてくれたり、もう一度試飲したい
と再訪してくれたりと嬉しいことが
多々ありました。

また、何と言っても突然目の前に現れた
俳優でワインに造詣が深い辰巳琢郎さんが、
セミヨン/ソーヴィニオン・ブラン
をいたく気に入ってくださり、
ご同行の方やテレビのクルーをわざわざ呼んで
紹介してくださり、また
自分の番組で紹介したいから
ワインを送るようにと言って下さったりと
赤面するほどほめて頂いたのは
とても嬉しく、ありがたい思いでした。
辰巳さんは、その後日本のワイナリー等
の各出展社のブースを丁寧にまわられるなど
日本ワインに対する熱い愛情と
細やかな心遣いをを見せて頂き、
一堂感動でした。辰巳さんには改めて
お礼申し上げます。

多くの方々からたくさんの励ましと同時に厳しい言葉も
頂き、一層高品質の葡萄つくりに力を入れようと
いう思いを強くしました。それと同時に
やはり自前のワイナリーを一刻も早く
設立せねば、という決意を新たにしました。
場所もほぼ決まったことだし、いよいよ
ストラクチャーとファイナンスの具体化に
とりかかります。

I would like to express my sincere
appreciation to the people who visited
my booth and tasted my wines yesterday
at the Wine Tokyo 2009 in Tokyo. Your
comments were highly valued and encouraged
me a lot in future grapegrowing and winemaking.

After the exhibition, I was invited by one of
my friends to a private dinner in Shirogane
which I enjoyed very much for such a rare
occasion and a meeting with the people
who were enjoying their own lifestyle.
It was indeed an another experience to
me. I came back home this afternoon and
spent a halfday busy doing preparing
a new farm yard.

At the exhibition, I did not have enough
time to explain each wine to each visitor
for which I would like to apologize first
of all.

In the meantime, I was very glad and
encouraged a lot to have heard they say
'good wines', 'superb', 'shocked' or
'not manipulated and good grape aroma'
, etc. to my wines including most recommended
white Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc 2008 and red
Merlot/Cabernets 2007.

I was happy not only to have received
so many positive words but to have had some
who visited me again by bringing their
friends to taste my wines or simply
taste them again by themselves.

Especially, I was so surprised to receive
a visit by famous actor and wine connoiseur
Takuro Tasumi suddenly appearing in front
of me and talked to me about my wines.
He should have remembered me! I met him
last time in Nagano at Naganao Apellation
Control Conference and Reception more than
one year ago when he tatsted my Chardonnay
2006.

He liked my Semillon/Sauvignion Blanc 2008
very much and introduced the wine and me
to his accompanies and TV crews. He proposed
me to introduce the wine in his program which
I had no reason to refuse at all. I felt he put
it too much about my wines but of course
I was very very happy at them.
He after then visited each booth frankly which
made us feel his warm heart to the Japanese wines and
moved us very much for his kind cares to the
exhibitors.

In general, I had so many affirmative words and
encouragements and negagtive comments as well.
All these words made me feel strongly that I should
put more efforts in my vineyards, and especially that
I should start my own winery as soon as possible.
As the location had been nearly found, I should start
finalizing the structure and financing in a real sense.