A rare vintage: organic soy sauce brewed in Bordeaux barrels

Japanese brewer from seasoning's birthplace teams with famed French chateau

Company representative Toshio Shinko seen with the barrels his company is using to produce organic soy sauce in France. (Photo courtesy of Yuasa Soy Sauce)

MASAYOSHI UENO, Nikkei Wakayama bureau chief

May 7, 2023 03:08 JST

WAKAYAMA, Japan -- A soy sauce brewer from the seasoning's birthplace in Japan is teaming up with a French chateau in Bordeaux to manufacture organic soy sauce in the renowned wine region.

Yuasa Soy Sauce, a brewer from the Wakayama Prefecture town of Yuasa -- considered the cradle of Japanese soy sauce -- is collaborating with Chateau Coutet from Saint-Emilion, a historic wine-producing area and UNESCO World Heritage Site.