Manga Influences Japanese Wine Sales

The Asahi newspaper reports that demand for French wines from the Despagne winery, in particular the 2001 Chateau Mont-Perat, has skyrocketed in Asia and particularly in Japan following “Tadashi Agi’s” manga “Kami no Shizuku” (“The Drops of God”) describing the wine as “the band Queen in a bottle.” Winemaker Thibault Despagne says, “I’ve had some good articles from (Robert) Parker and other wine people, but the impact of the manga is huge.”