GRAPEREPUBLIC

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土地ごとの気候、地勢、土壌のみならず、そこに暮らす人や、人々が育んできた文化をも含めたテロワールという概念。GRAPEREPUBLIC/グレープリパブリックとは、それらを第一に考えた自然なワイン造りを行うワイナリーです。畑と醸造施設を構えるのは、北に丘陵、南に沃野が広がる山形県南陽市。1日を通して寒暖差が大きく湿度の低い気候と、水はけのよい地質を持つ、ブドウ作りに適した土地でありながら、昨今はあちこちに耕作放棄地が目立つようになってきています。ここを拠点に質の高いブドウとナチュラルワインを生み出すことで、新規就農者や新たなワイナリーを集め、増え続ける耕作放棄地を再生させたい。そして、ゆくゆくは南陽市の名産品とのコラボレーションやアグリツーリズムなども展開し、街全体で“GRAPEREPUBLIC=ブドウ共和国”といえるような一大ワイン産地を形成したい。それが私たちの想いです。

 

The Terroir (total growth environment in French), not only the climate, terrain or soil but also including people who live there and their cultures of each land. This Terroir is a principal concept to produce natural wine in GRAPE REPUBLIC. The farmland and brewery facilities are set up in Nanyo City, Yamagata Prefecture where the hills are at the north and the fertile ground spread to the south. A land suitable for making grapes, where it has a climate with an intense temperature gap, low humidity throughout the day and a smooth drain geology, but cultivation abandoned areas are noticeable here and there now. By producing a high quality grape and natural wine from here, we would like to gather new farmers or new wineries and revitalize the increasing abandoned farmland. Eventually, collaborations with famous products of Nanyo City or agribusiness will also be developed, and form a big winemaking area like “Grape Republic” throughout the city. That is our concept.