Hokkaido
北海道
Hokkaido is a GI for wine made from grapes grown in Hokkaido. Only specified varieties grown in Hokkaido may be used, and as a rule no water or alcohol is added. A distinctive feature is the strict limit on acid addition.
- Production area
- Hokkaido
- Type
- Wine
- Designated
- June 28, 2018
- Managing body
- 地理的表示「北海道」使用管理委員会（NPO法人ワインクラスター北海道内）
- Producers
- About 75
Production standard in brief
Our summary of the standard set by the National Tax Agency. See the agency's page for the official text.
Japan Wine made only from specified varieties grown in Hokkaido (including wild-grape types and hybrids), with minimum sugar levels. As a rule no water or alcohol may be added, but wine fermented in the container it is shipped in may have brandy added to that container after fermentation. Acid addition is strictly limited, reflecting the assumption that grapes from this cool region retain their acidity.
National Tax Agency production standard (opens in a new tab)
FAQ
Hokkaido is a GI for wine made from grapes grown in Hokkaido. Only specified varieties grown in Hokkaido may be used, and as a rule no water or alcohol is added. A distinctive feature is the strict limit on acid addition.
Wine made in Hokkaido to the production standard.
The National Tax Agency designated it as a liquor Geographical Indication on June 28, 2018.
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Natural Monument animals of Hokkaido
- Red-crowned Crane
- Freija Fritillary (Asahidake subspecies)
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- Grizzled Skipper (Hokkaido population)
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Paintings linked to Hokkaido
- Ainu Banquet, Folding Screen
- Preparatory Drawings for Portraits of Ainu Chiefs (Ishu Retsuzo)
- Morning Prayer
- Orchestra
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Breweries and distilleries in Hokkaido
- Furano Winery
- Hokkaido Wine (Otaru Wine Gallery)
- Ikeda Wine Castle (Tokachi Wine)
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