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

2月28日（金）の「ワインとシャンソンの夕べ」、3月1日（土）の「北信州ワイン試飲会」および、「辰巳琢郎トーク＆試飲会」の3つのイベントが無事終了しました。
お客様、辰巳様、木村様、出演者の皆様、ワイナリーの皆様、裏方を勤めて頂いた関係者の皆様、様々な形で係って頂いた皆様、本当にありがとうございました。

私は、2日間イベントの進行状況が気がかりなのと種々の対応で写真を撮る余裕も無く、シャンソンのリハーサル時の写真が1枚だけしかありません。その代わり写真は後日イベントのホームページ等でアップさせて頂きます。

いくつかのクレームも頂きましたが、それは今後の糧と致します。概ね好評で、スタッフの顔が楽しそうだった、シルキーでこんなに笑い声が聞こえるなんて、みんな笑顔だね、2回目はいつやるのですか等々、大変嬉しいコメントもたくさん頂きました。

辰巳さんと木村さんのトークも絶妙で、日本ワインの価格面に関する辛口のコメントもありましたが、日本ワインを育てるのは消費者の気持ちだとか、北信州といっても同じ品種でワイナリーによってこんなにもスタイルや風味が異なるということ、またいろんな食事との合わせ方など、多岐にわたり示唆に富むお話でとっても充実していました。

商業的に考えると長野市でやったほうが集客には苦労しなかったかも知れません。が、長野の地方都市である須坂、ワインぶどう及びワイン産地である北信州の小都市でやったことに意義があるね、という感想はとても示唆に富んでいます。初めていろんなワインを飲んだ、地元のワインを飲んだ、北信州のワインを飲んだ、という方々も多かったと思います。こういうイベントを通じて、ワインに親しむ人が増えていき、ワインが当たり前に日常生活にある、という風景が増えていけばいいなあと思った次第です。

本当に皆様ありがとうございました。

Three events on last Friday and Saturday, Wine and Chanson Night, Kita Shinshuu Wine Tasting, and Tatsumi Takuro Talk and Wine Tasting made a big success thanks to all the guests, Mr.Takuro Tatsumi and Ikumi Kimura, the singers and musicians, wineries, those who prepared for the events, those who supported the events.

I was so anxious about the progress of the events and had to take care of many things at sites that I was not able to take pictures of the events at all. The only one picture left in my smart-phone was the one taken at the song rehearsal of the first night. I will collect the relevant pictures and show them on the event website later.

We received a few claims that we will improve next time but to our joy there were so many good and splendid comments to the events, say all the staff looked so happily, it was surprising to hear so many laughter at Silky Hall, everybody was smiling, when do you plan to have next one?, etc.,

The talk presented by Mr. Takuro Tatsumi and Ms. Ikumi Kimura was fun and educative including some serious comments on wine pricing in Japan. But above all, their sincere attitude towards Japanese Wines communicated well with the audiences. They talked about how to grow our Japanese Wines, how different the wines are by each winery even though the raw grapes were harvested in Kita Shinshu, how to match each wine to what kind of foods, etc.,

Such kind of events may be easier to be held in bigger city like neighboring Nagano, especially in terms of commercial success. However, one said that such event was so meaningful to be held in a small town where the wine grapes are grown and wines are made. Frankly there were many people who drank so many wines at one time for the first time especially their local wines made in Kita Shinshu. I wish to see the wines to be drunk more frequently and the wines on everyday’s table as a common sight.

In any case, I thank you from the bottom of my heart to everybody who joined these events.