Decanter World Wine AwardsTokyo wine apartments take shape
- Monday 17 September 2012
Sommelier: Ishida Hiroshi
The apartments – provisionally called the Shibuya Shinsen Wine Apartment Project - are the brainchild of Takayuki Suzuki, a Japanese property developer who also works as a director of the Japan branch of négociant Bordeaux Wine Bank.
The complex, in the Shibuya area of downtown Tokyo, will have a wine bar and bistro on the ground floor, and a 10,000-bottle underground wine cellar for the use of all owners.
An on-site sommelier will be on hand to serve wine in the individual apartments, and to arrange wine dinners and other events. Wine glasses, decanters and other wine-related items will be available for residents to hire as needed.
Suzuki told Decanter.com space is at a premium in Tokyo, ‘so it is difficult to find room for wine storage in small apartments. We are designing rooms that have wine lovers in mind, and extra space for their wine collection will be provided in the underground cellar.’
Architect Keiji Ashizawa is working on the project, with sommelier Ishida Hiroshi acting as a consultant.
Have your say!
Takayuki Suzuki
October 20 23:00
Dear Matthew,we have just uploaded the website of Wine Apartment in English.Please see http://wineapartment.jp/en/ thanks!
Dear Marco,my email address is takayuki_s@inovv.jp Thanks!
Marco Ghiglione
October 14 12:28
Dear Suzuki-san, I'm an italian sommelier, now I'm living and working in Moscow, but I'd like to have new experiences. I'm so attracted by this idea.. I speak english, french, russian and spanish. Unfortunately I don't speak japanese.
If you give a contact, I could send you my complete CV.
Thank you.
Takayuki Suzuki
September 22 09:04
Dear Matthew-san,this is Takayuki Suzuki writing.
You can see http://wineapartment.jp but now only Japanese language is available,,,and we release more detail on late Nov.Thanks!
Matthew
September 20 15:23
If Suzuki-san has a webpage for his apartment complex, please share.