What is “SAKURA” Japan Women’s Wine Awards?
Japan Women’s Wine Awards, which aims to “find winesthat go well with Japanese home cooking,” “increase wineconsumption,” and “expand opportunities for women in thewine industry” received 4,222 entries from 28 countries lasttime.
This shows the high expectations producers have for theJapanese market. With the expansion of consumption, thenumber of occasions to enjoy wine at home is on the rise.
The “Sakura Award winning medal sticker” on wine bottles
in stores is a sign of good wine selected by Japanese
female judges, and the evaluation of the wine as “suitablefor home cooking and reassuring” is increasing year byyear.
Japan Women’s Wine Awards will continue to take on newchallenges and move forward into the future.
Yumi Tanabe
President of Japan Women’s Wine Awards“SAKURA” is cherry blossoms
and a symbol flower for Japanesewomen

The 11th “SAKURA” Japan Women’s Wine Awards 2024
～Target Number of Entries：4,500 items ～Entry Period：October 2nd ～ November 30th, 2023
Sample delivery : before December 10th,2023
Judging Session：January 25 th,2024 in Osaka& February 1st,2024 in TokyoResult Announcement：February 14 th, 2024
on SAKURA AWARDS official website“SAKURA” JWWA Grand Tasting：April 24 th, 2024

Entry fee
Number of items

Entry fee
(10% tax is included)

From 1 to 10 items

22 000.00JPY each item

11 items and over

19 800.00JPY each item

◆ For bank transfers, an additional 2 500.00JPY will be charged.
◆ Early Bird Discount: If the payment is made by credit card by the due date, before
12:00AM( Japan Time) on October 31st, 2023, 5% discount will be applied to thetotal amount.

Mission ofTo increase the annual wine
consumption in Japan to5 liters/person

SAKURA AWARDS

To select wines to go withJapanese and Asian cuisine!
Women
42%

42% of Sommeliers are Women
There are 39,149 persons ofsommelier certified by the Japan
Sommelier Association(JSA)Men

To expand opportunities
for women in the wine industry!

10 Years History of SAKURA AWARDS
Jan 2014"SAKURA" Japan Women's Wine Award held for the first time. The first Japanese women's wine judging panel. The
judging panel of Japanese women is recognized as the world's pioneer in the judging of wine and food marriage.

Mar 2014

Award ceremony, award-winning wine exhibition, and award-winning wine tasting at FOODEXJAPAN hosted by
Japan Management Association, to continue through 2019.

Feb 2015

The 2nd event is held. Number of entries exceeds 3,000 items.

Mar 2015

Exhibited for the first time at ProWein, the world's largest wine exhibition held in Germany. Continued to exhibit at
ProWein since then.

Feb 2016

The 3rd edition was held. The number of entries increased by 19% over the previous year, exceeding 4,000 items.

Jan 2018

The 5th edition is held. The number of sales partners actively marketing award-winning wines reaches 75.
Registration of supporting restaurants that carry award-winning wines begins.

Jan 2019

The 6th edition is held. The number of judges reaches 560.

Jan 2020

The 7th event was held. Recognition among general consumers increased with 130 sales partners and 70
supporting restaurants. Best Great Value Sparkling Wine Award is newly established to reflect the increase insparkling wine consumption.

10 Years History of SAKURA AWARDS
Feb 2021

Held the 8th. Judging sessions were held in Tokyo and Osaka.
Despite the Corona disaster, the number of entries exceeded 4,500 items, the largest number ever.
Sales cooperative companies numbered 137, and more than 100 restaurants supported the event.

Jun 2021

Aiming for further growth of the Sakura Awards, the Wine and Spirits Culture Association, the organizer of the awards,and Wine and Wine Culture Co.
Wine and Wine Culture Co., Ltd. will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Saison Co.

Apr 2022

The 9th Judging Committee meeting was held in Tokyo and Osaka.

Apr 2022

138 sales partner companies. More than 100 supporting restaurants.

May 2022

The Sakura Awards ceremony was held at Hotel Gajoen Tokyo for the first time in three years.

Jul 2022

The first-ever Sakura Award-winning wine tasting was held.

Jan 2023

10th SAKURA AWARDS tasting judgment was held.

Apr 2023

Award Ceremony and JWWA SAKURA GRAND TASTING was held. More than 140 sales partner shops.

Number of entries by country

Number of entries andawards by country
Country
Total
1FRANCE
2ITALY
3SPAIN
4CHILE
5JAPAN
6U.S.A.
7AUSTRALIA
8PORTUGAL
9ARGENTINA
10SOUTH AFRICA
11GERMANY
12GEORGIA
13SLOVAKIA
14NEW ZEALAND

Entry
4,222
837
706
662467
377
240
197
167
12511767534836Awarded
2,517481
424393286
180
171
133
9275
75
39303433

Country
15ROMANIA
16BULGARIA
17AUSTRIA
18MOLDOVA
19SLOVENIA
20HUNGARY
21INDIA
22URUGUAY
23AZERBAIJAN
24CHINA
25LUXEMBOURG
26MEXICO
27SWITZERLAND
28U.K.
29Others

Entry

Awarded23
19
18
17145553332222

14
13
12
8
52543111020

RESULT OF AWARDS
59 items from the
Double Gold wereawarded the
Diamond Trophy

Double Gold271

6%

Number of Awards
Double Gold

Gold
1,420

271

Gold

1420

Silver826

Un-awarded

1705

Total

4222

40%
34%

Un-awarded
1705

Silver 826

20%Double GoldGold

Silver

UnawardedComparison of number ofdomestic and international
entries
Domestic Entry

Overseas Entry

Importer

1513

Japanese Winery

377

Unimported or Open
Market697

Overseas Winery

1635

1890

2332

Percentage by category

NEW! BIO/SUSTAINABLE & ORANGE WINE
New
Category!

BIO AND SUSTAINABLE

EntryAwarded

WINE

37%
38%

VEGAN
SUSTAINABLE
ORGANICHEV(HVE)
BIOLOGICRAISONNEE

393
384
202
103
76
63

CARBON-NEUTRAL

30

ORANGE WINE

EntryAwarded

44 items
18 items

FranceGeorgia
GermanyJapan
Romania

Hungary
Australia
Chile
PortugalItalyPrice range ofaward-winningwines• Number of C,D,E items of
Diamond Trophy is 34, the58% of the total number ofDiamond Trophy winning
items.
• C, D and E account for
68% of all award-winning
items, and 70% of allentries.

Price Range(JPY)

%

A

≧6001

7%

B

4001~6000

8%C

2501~4000

18%D

1501~2500

31%E

1001~1500

19%

F

≦1000

11%

Unknown-6%

Supporters
Wine Growers Association

Supporter
Embassyin JapanSupporter
Association in JapanSAKURA AWARDS FOR CONSUMERS!
Theme?
How to promote to increase consumption• Medal logo on all bottle of awarded wines!
• Display for awarded wines in the wine shop!
• Strong partnerships with distributors and retailers!

• Increase the number of the listings of awarded wines!
• Strong partnerships with grower’s association!

Tasting Sessions
2023.01.25 OSAKA
2023.01.31 TOKYO
Judges: 430 Female Sommeliers

Support Speech by
Bulgarian Ambassador in Japan

4,222 items were judged by way of the blind tasting by 430 female
juries consisting of sommeliers, wine school instructors, staff
working at importing and retailing companies, wine journalists andwine producers.

AWARD CEREMONY
2023.04.19

AWARD CEREMONY 2023“SAKURA”
JWWA GRAND TASTING 2023

UNIMPORTED WINE TASTING CORNER

450 ITEMS OF UNIMPORTED
AWARD WINES WEREINTORODUCED TO JAPANESEIMPORTERSGrand Prix the Best Woman Winemaker of the Year
SPECIAL AWARDSBest Woman WinemakerBest Japanese Wine of the year
Pairing for Japanese and Asian Cuisine“ROSE"

Wine

Great Value Sparkling Wine
"DESSERT" Wine
"ORANGE" Wine
"FORTIFIED" Wine
Lesser-known Grape Varieties in Japanese market
Cost Performance Wine [under the 1000 JPY]
Cost Performance Wine [1001-1500 JPY]
Cost Performance Wine [1501-2500 JPY]

Special Awards～Advantage for being harmony with the cuisines！

The Best Winefor Sushi

The Best Winefor Tempura

The Best Winefor Sukiyaki

The Best Wine for
Teppan Yaki

The Best Wine forYakitori

The Best Wine forJapanese Pot-au-feu

The Best Wine for
Korean dishes

The Best Wine for
Chinese dishes

The Best Wine forThai dishes

Special Awards Grand Prix

”Grand Prix “Japanese wine of the year”

Lesser-known Grape Varieties
in Japanese market“DESSERT” Wine

“Rose” Wine

Great Value Sparkling Wine

“FORTIFIED” Wine

“ORANGE” Wine

KEIKYU Department StoreWinePromotion
Departmentstore

Catalogue front coverof the award-winningwine fair in May 2023⇑ Same event inautumn 2022.

Wine Sales Promotion event
at Department storeWineConsumption
AppealActivities

In 2020 and 2021, We
donated the proceeds fromthe sales of award-winningwines to the “All Japan
Food Association”, which
provides support to
medical professionals, andin 2022 and 2023, we
donated to the Embassy ofUkraine in Japan and tothe Japanese Grape andWine Society (ASEVJapan), which conducts
research into viticulture
and wine making. We willcontinue to actively engage
in this area.

Charity Activities
We engage in social contributions through wine charity events.

April 2023Donated to: Embassy of Ukraine in Japan
Donated amount: 1,607,511 yen