This site features three characters and one partner.
Basically, sommelier Iwasu answers questions from two wine novices, "Natchan" and "Mika-san," explaining the world of wine, which can be difficult to understand due to the use of technical terminology, in a way that is as easy to understand as possible for beginners.
In addition, my partner, Mr. Ishiguro, delivers New Zealand news in English in a way that is easy for Japanese people to understand.
We hope that the appealing New Zealand wines will inspire more people to love wine.
Iwasu, a sommelier who loves New Zealand wine
Iwasu is a sommelier who is in charge of supervising this website.
He runs BOKUMO , a hidden cultural restaurant in Nagoya, and ROCKMO , a rock bar where you can drink wine.
At Bokumo, the sommelier actually works at the counter, serving customers delicious wines, mainly from New Zealand.
He was previously a director for a major local radio station, and currently works as a radio scriptwriter (Nippon Broadcasting System, bayfm, NACK5).
He also serves as a wine lecturer at Junkudo Nagoya Sakae store every month, and his life's work is to make the profound world of wine as easy to understand and casual as possible, thereby broadening its reach.
Natchan begins to think that wine might be delicious.
Natchan is 29 years old and works at a web-based company.
I don't drink alcohol every day, but I can generally tolerate it. I also like drinking parties.
I've started to become interested in wine, but when I go to restaurants I still can only say, "Please give me something easy to drink," which is a bit disappointing these days.
Recently, I've become addicted to yoga, which I started going to after being invited by a friend.
By the way, I've been living alone for quite a while now, so I'm pretty good at cooking. (Recently, I've been eating out a lot because I've been busy with work.)
Although she is being pulled along by her senior, Mika, she is studying wine in the hopes of being able to enjoy it more.
These characters are modeled after members of the editorial staff.
Mika loves alcohol! She has a strong sense of curiosity.
Mika, 35 years old, works at an apparel company.
Natchan and I were senior and junior at our previous jobs. We got along well both in private and public since then, and even now that we've changed jobs, we continue to have that relationship as a good senior.
She often chooses wine as her daily evening drink, and also chooses it to go with the food. Incidentally, she shares dinner duties with her husband every day.
His hobby is visiting hot springs, and he also makes sure to travel abroad at least once a year.
I love setting plates to go with each meal, and lately I've become almost a collector.
Now that I'm getting into wine, I can't help but be curious about wine glasses.
An inquisitive woman who thoroughly enjoys both her work and personal life.
These characters are modeled after members of the editorial staff.
Mr. Ishiguro is a businessperson who is fluent in English and spent his high school and college years in New Zealand.
Saya Ishiguro.
He is a customer at sommelier Iwasu's shop Bokumo and a businessperson who serves as the director of a design firm.
He loves New Zealand, where he spent his high school and university years, and is fluent in English, although he does speak with a New Zealand accent.
All of the wines purchased are New Zealand, with SILENI Sauvignon Blanc always on hand.
I love Marmite .
By the way, more than half of her past boyfriends have been Kiwis (New Zealanders).
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