At the Sawyers' ramen spot, Noodle Cat, the Japanese plum wine vinegar adds depth to the dashi broth that flavors various dishes.

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Built by Japanese colonialists in 1914, the distillery, one of the island's largest, produced sake and plum wine until its closure in 1987.

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Irene made plum wine.

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This unique position of tiny production and rarity (not to mention a plum position on the wine list at Michelin three star Restaurant at Meadowood) qualify Spadarotto wines as cult phenomena in my book.

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This particular wine pops with spice and plum.

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Everything was as it should have been in this spectacular wine, which resonated with aromas of plum, cassis, chocolate and white smoke.

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