投稿の詳細: ワイン議連 Law makers’ wine committee

一昨日、突然のワイン会。
民主党ワイン産業振興議員連盟というのができて
そのワイン会が催されたので出品してきた。
突然のお呼びで、主に長野県・山梨県のワイナリーが
多かったが、十勝さんも来ていましたね。
私のお隣がサッポロさんだったのですが
「サッポロもワインを作っているのか」とか、
「ソーヴィニオンというと、外国のワインを使っているのか」
等という質問がでて、苦笑いしてましたね。
「…30年程前からやっています」などとお答えでしたが。

(輿石さん、羽田さん、鳩山さん）

今までも、ワイン議連はあったらしいのですが、もっぱら
外国のワインを飲む会で、今回日本ワインを飲む会ができた
のは喜ばしいことです。外務省や在外公館に「日本のワインを使え」
と呼びかけると言っていましたから。そうなって欲しいものです。

（鳩山さん、輿石さん、樽床さん）

議連の会長が輿石さん、で副会長が樽床さん、実行委員長が
羽田さん、名誉顧問が鳩山さんで、その夜は千石さんも
見えられました。日本ワインを愛する会からも会長や理事の諸氏
も顔を揃え、辰巳琢郎さんも来場してました。議員の多くが
帰った後、辰巳さんは全ての出展社のワインを試飲して、
感想を述べていました。さすがです。

(挨拶する千石さん）

そういえば、開会前に樽床さんがお一人で全ての
出展社のワインを試飲していました。こういう形で
日本のワイン産業に力を入れてもらえるといいですね。
どういう形にせよ、始まらないとその次もないのですから。
日本ワイン産業にとっての記念すべき一夜となるか。

(人気の辰巳さん）

在日の大使諸氏も招かれていましたね。

「民主党」と「ワイン」で検索すると読売新聞やFNNのその夜の
記事やニューズが見れますよ。

There was a sudden wine tasting session at
Kasumigaseki the other night.
The Law makers’ wine committee was　formed inside
the Democratic Party and I went to participate
in its first wine tasting session. The committee was said to
be formed to promote Japanese Wine Industry. Only with
very short notice, the participating wineries were mostly
from Nagano and Yamanashi as well as some from Hokkaido.

My neighboring booth was Sapporo and a law maker said that
he had not known Sapporo was making wine but beer. He also
asked if they used foreign wines into theirs due to the variety
name cabernet sauvignon labelled on the bottle.
The gentleman from Sapporo seemed embarrassed but
said that they had had so since 30 years before.

Some told me that there was a similar committee about wine
but it was for import wine. As such, it is very good to have one
for Japanese wine. People from Democratic Party announced that
they would request Ministry of Foreign Affairs to use Japanese
wines and would have the Japanese foreign consulates
serve Japanese wines which is good.

The chairman is Mr. Koshiishi, with vice chairman Mr. Tarudoko and
the Executive Director Mr. Hata. The honorable chairman is Mr. Hatoyama.
Mr. Sengoku thought to be the opposing fraction leader also came to join
the wine session and made some comments and chatted with Mr. Hatoyama
which attracted most of the news media.　

Most of the Japanese Wine Lovers’ Committee’s directors
also participated including famous actor Mr. Takuro Tatsumi.
He tried most of the wines after the law makers left the party
enthusiastically chatting with the people from wineries. How
nice he was!

Mr. Tarudoko showed up by himself well before the party
and tried each one kind of wine of all the wineris. It would be nice
if the government pays some attention to the domestic wine
industry anyhow. Without first step, there is no second step.
I hope the night will become a memorable night for the
Japanese wine industry.

Some ambassadors to Japan were also present.

If you brows with the word ‘Democratic Party’ and ‘Wine’
on the web, you can find the articles and the news about
the party.