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A temple dedicated to grapes and wine is unique in Japan By Etienne Balmer PEACE AND GRAPE Buddhist monk Tesshu Inoue At a Buddhist temple on a wooded hillside in Japan, grapes and wine bottles are given as offerings, and the head monk is also the honorary president of a vineyard cooperative....

Winemakers near Mount Fuji are making a case for made-in-Japan wine By Etienne Balmer Images Richard A. Brooks GRAPE EXPECTATIONS Made-in-Japan wine accounts for around five percent of the market and is forecast to rise to 10 percent within five or six years Japanese food is famously paired with...