Local wine vendor, restaurant, event organizer and connoisseur. They regularly hold wine tasting events around town.

Dine as you wine A wine lounge and restaurant connected to a wine shop should, in theory, have a long, enviable wine list. While Just Grapes only serves a handful of wines by the glass, the labels they chose were picked with care from their store. Each of the bottles wears a sticker indicating its flavor–fruity, spicy or nutty–and its body–rich or smooth. For patrons who need guidance, the dinner menu recommends a complementary wine for each dish according to the sticker system. Our palates delighted over each sip of a New Zealand sauvignon blanc, which rolled down smoothly with the advised spinach and tomato tart (¥30). The homemade spaetzle with salmon (¥60) didn’t inspire us to odes, but portions are generous and each dish is prepared fresh to order in an open kitchen. -Courtney Woo