Make wine from grapes grown in exceptional soil.At a savvy winery that creates and makes known the food culture of Niimi
Approximately 30 minutes by car from the Niimi interchange, in the lush greenery between the mountains, is a lively winery that is acclaimed in Japan’s prospering wine scene. The winery’s name, “domaine,” is French, and they use a grape they cultivated themselves. From brewing to aging to bottling, they are a winery that produces wine from start to finish. In the limestone soils spreading around Niimi City’s Tetsu-cho area, in the climate with warm and cool weather, and in the amount of sunshine, etc., the grapes are cultivated in a rare environment similar to France’s signature terrior, allowing them to devote themselves to continually pushing forward the art of wine making.
There is also a cafe at the winery, and you can spend a luxurious time there, enjoying wine and cuisine while looking out over the vast vineyards. The main courses are prepared from local ingredients, carefully selected by the chef himself, alongside freshly harvested vegetables from the winery’s gardens. The powerful flavors, nutured by the climate of Niimi, resonate with the wine, which breathes in the terrior.(This information is as of October 2020)
A panda statue, said to have come out of the soil when this abandoned farmland was being revitalized as vineyards, greets us.
Weekday Lunch(pasta etc) for 1650 yen (until 14:00) and glass wine for 620 yen. Weekends Lunch with appetizer, main dish, and dessert is available for 3300 yen. (reservation required). Winter business (scheduled for January to end of February) is undecided. Menus and price ranges change depending on the season.
Daily Dessert, from 500 yen
The winery designer is Wonderwall’s Masamichi Katayama, a global interior designer. From the cafe, you can see the underground brewing area, decorated with modern art.
Wine starts at 2916 yen. The striking labels are designed art director Naomi Hirabayashi.
Representative Ryuta Takahashi says, “I hope that we’ll become a new landmark in Niimi where people gather” and that they are actively tackling new experiments.
domaine tetta
- Address
- 3136 Tettacho Yato, Niimi City, Okayama [Map]
- TEL
- +81-867-96-3658
- Open
- 11:00~16:00
- Closed
- Thursday and Friday (closed on holidays)
- Seats
- 24
- Parking
- 8
- Access
- About30 minutes’ drive from the Chugoku motorway / Niimi interchange, or About 20 minutes’ ride on taxi from JR Niimi Station.
- Credit card
- Accepted
- URL
- Website