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general manager MIYASHITA AI

• WSET: Level 4 Diploma in Wines and Spirits
• Japan Sommelier Association: Sommelier

Born in Osaka in a family that loves having drinks. She studied at a college in Chile, where she became familiar with wine. She was fascinated by wine when she casually started attending the WSET wine school in 2009. After working hard as a global marketer at a major manufacturer unrelated to wine during her 20’s, she entered the world of wine business. She joined The Winery in 2017. She has served as the Tokyo Store Manager and General Manager of the Japanese market. She is also a wine magazine taster, wine competition judge, and wine seminar lecturer.

staff EUDLEUR CHIHARU

• Japan Sommelier Association: Sommelier

Originally from Tokyo, She obtained her sommelier certification while working at restaurants in Tokyo. In 2012, she went on a working holiday to France, where she worked in a Burgundy vineyard during harvest and trained at a restaurant in Paris for a year. After returning to Japan, she briefly left the wine industry, but later joined The Winery Tokyo,she rediscovered the wonders of wine. She is challenging herself with the WSET certification.

staff YAGI YUKI

• Japan Sommelier Association: Sommelier

She was born in Shizuoka.  While working in a service industry, she admired the beautiful gold of a grape bunch, the symbol of Japan Sommeliers Association, worn by her senior, which led her to become a certified sommelier.  As she entered the world of wine, she began to discover the world is even deeper and wider than she'd imagined.  

staff KINEBICHI AKIKO

• Japan Sommelier Association: Wine Expert

Born in Kyoto Prefecture. Her passion for wine lead to study wine professionally. She has earned the JSA wine expert certification. She also interested in the Japanese traditional tea ceremony.

Kyoto Store

Assistant Manager SHIGEEDA SAE

• Japan Sommelier Association: Wine Expert
• WSET® Level 3 Award in Wines

Born in the Yamaguchi prefecture. She first became to know about wines when her friends took her to winery visits in New Zealand during the college years. She worked for a wine company right after graduation. She then left the company to worked in a different industry, but soon realized that she really loved working with wines and came back to the industry as a sales associate at a wine store until she was hired to be the assistant manager of The Winery Kyoto.