Results Announced for the March 2026 'Vegetable Sommelier Summit,' a Competition Aiming to Further Increase the Value of Agricultural Products!

The Japan Vegetable Sommelier Association (Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Eiji Fukui) holds the 'Vegetable Sommelier Summit,' a competition for vegetables, fruits, and processed agricultural products, with the aim of further increasing the value of agricultural products and revitalizing agriculture. We are pleased to announce the results of the March evaluation, which was conducted on the 25th of this month.

### List of Award-Winning Items for March

#### 【Fresh Produce Category】

**Highest Gold Award**
- Rock Salt Tomato (Kawazoe Farm / Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture)

**Gold Award**
- Tsuyapurun® (Pana Plus Co., Ltd. / Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture)
- Suifu Asparagus (Kushiyama Farm / Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture)
- Kinbi Carrot (Umatani Farm / Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture)
- Organically Grown Beni-haruka (Riguru Vege / Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture)
- Selvatico (KOBA84 Farm / Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
- Source of Longevity (Hanai Tomato Farm / Kisosaki Town, Mie Prefecture)
- Yamamoto's Special Asparagus (Yosuke Yamamoto / Tenri City, Nara Prefecture)
- Parsnip (Marukou Engei / Tarumizu City, Kagoshima Prefecture)

**Silver Award**
- Fresh Cucumber (Shimizu Farm / Kazo City, Saitama Prefecture)
- Koku-Pari® (Pana Plus Co., Ltd. / Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture)
- Premium Cherry Tomato 'Arles' (Nishimori Farm / Kawaminami Town, Miyazaki Prefecture)
- Asparagus grown with artesian water and temperature difference (Umemura Farm / Imari City, Saga Prefecture)
- Kinu-ama Broad Beans (Nishimura Shoten Co., Ltd. / Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture)
- Naturally Grown Sugar Snap Peas (Sora no Yasai / Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture)
- Anno Potato (Riguru Vege / Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture)
- Enoyan Lotus Root (Kazuhiro Enomoto / Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture)
- Madama (Suginaka Engei / Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture)
- Spinach (Daichi no Takaramono / Miyoshi-machi, Saitama Prefecture)
- Chives (Hitoshi Tokumasu / Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
- Unzen Kurihara Green Onion (Kurihara Negi Co., Ltd. / Unzen City, Nagasaki Prefecture)
- Genki Morimori Yamamori Farm (Leeks for Hot Pot / Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture)
- Fuji no Kagayaki (Obara Fruit Farm / Yokote City, Akita Prefecture)
- Aiko (Makokko Farm / Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
- Shun's Cherry Tomato (Sugaya Farm / Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture)
- Star Asparagus (Hoshino YA / Minamishimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture)
- Naturally Grown Snow Peas (Sora no Yasai / Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture)
- Ishida Eggplant (Ishida Eggplant / Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture)
- Tanigawa Farm's Aged Beni-haruka (Tanigawa Farm / Abira Town, Hokkaido)
- Shiroishi Lotus Root (Kazumasa Matsuo / Shiroishi-cho, Saga Prefecture)
- Naturally Grown New Onion (Sora no Yasai / Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture)
- Kamada Farm's Supreme Garlic (Kamada Farm Co., Ltd. / Nakasatsunai Village, Hokkaido)
- Kujo Green Onion (Awazu Farm / Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture)
- Shine Muscat (Obara Fruit Farm / Yokote City, Akita Prefecture)
- Tree-ripened Amanatsu (Kongo Farm / Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture)

#### 【Processed Goods Category】

**Gold Award**
- Traditional Dried Radish (Eri Hamamoto / Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
- Atami/Yugawara Hot Spring Mandarin Jelly (Takara no Hatake Farmcation / Kanagawa & Shizuoka Prefecture)