Domaine Hase
- Location
- Nagano, Japan
- Founded
- est. 2017
Domaine Hase (operating as Hikaru Farm Co., Ltd.) is a small, family-run natural winery founded in 2017 by Mitsuhiro Hase in the Fukuihara district of Takayama Village, northern Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Situated at 800–850 metres above sea level with views of the Hokushin Gogaku mountain range, the estate encompasses approximately 6 hectares, of which around 4.2 hectares are planted to vines. Mitsuhiro, a former major-label music industry executive, trained at New Zealand's Black Estate and Japan's Arc-en-Vigne academy before establishing one of Nagano's most acclaimed natural wine domaines.
Approach
Philosophy
Domaine Hase's guiding ethos is that 'great wine comes from the landscape' (美味しいワインは風景から). Mitsuhiro believes only grapes with high potential — those that genuinely match and reflect their terroir — can yield wines that resonate without chaptalisation, acidification, or other interventions. Fermentation relies exclusively on wild yeasts with minimal SO₂ (15–40 ppm) only at bottling. The aim is to produce 'simple wines' that maximise the natural power of the grapes and resonate with the heart the same way the sweeping landscape of Fukuihara does.
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