After graduating as high school valedictorian in 1990.

The panelists included David Akiyoshi.director of winemaking at Robert Monday Winery.

There were 18 wineries represented and one wine-associated food vendor.She added that her wine especially goes well with places that are humid.some of the owners started by doing.

All were friendly and told their stories about making the wine and flavor profiles.Sonoe Hirabayashi of Six Cloves Wines said that her wine is balanced and is made to be paired with Japanese food.

Freeman stated that she started in winemaking by learning from the hired winemaker and cleaning the equipment for making wine.

GWEN MURANAKA / Rafu ShimpoThe Nikkei Wine Vine Group and JACCC members celebrate with a group photo at the inauguralNikkei Wine Summit.I remember growing up hearing how the Little Tokyo businesses started from just one man.

black-masked men who saved damsels in distress and poor townspeople from the bad yakuza men.Yet the strong Issei spirit (makenai de) returned after the war.

It has been my pleasure and my life-line to serve alongside the many volunteers at Koreisha Little Tokyo Nutrition Services in Little Tokyo Towers.Volunteering has been a legacy learned from the Issei who first came to America and helped one another to survive and grow here.