Wine region
Yamagata
Yamagata is a wine region in Japan, home to 4 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.
On this page
Yamagata's 4 wineries lean white but make plenty of red too; Chardonnay is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry GI designation.
Most common single-grape wines
When Yamagata wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Chardonnay
- 1 single-grape wine
Wine profile
Yamagata leans white (about 57% of its wines) but makes meaningful red too.
23 distinct Yamagata wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White13 · 57%
- Red7 · 30%
- Rose3 · 13%
Types: Sparkling, Still.
Representative Yamagata wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Fukagawa Winery — Tendo Takahata Delaware Sparkling
- Takeda Winery — Clio Extraction White
- Takeda Winery — Black Queen Vieille Vigne L'elevage en Fut
- Fukagawa Winery — Sagae Etsuro Abiko Oak Barrel Chardonnay
- Takeda Winery — Cuvee Yoshiko Brut
- Takeda Winery — Petillant Rose
- Takeda Winery — Blanc
- Takeda Winery — L'elevage en Fut Rouge
Quality designations
Wines here carry GI status — a controlled quality designation.
- GIGeographical Indication — a defined origin area used in Australia and other New World countries.
Japan wine designations
- GI
- In Japan, GI denotes a liquor geographical indication designated by the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Yamagata wine
Look for the GI designation — it signals a controlled-origin Yamagata wine.
FAQs
- What do the designation terms on Yamagata wines mean?
- GI: In Japan, GI denotes a liquor geographical indication designated by the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Yamagata?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Yamagata wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Yamagata?
- The current regional catalogue contains 23 linked wines from 4 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.