Drops of God, Vol. 10

神の雫 #10

by Tadashi Agi, Shū Okimoto (Artist)

The "Third Apostle," according to Yutaka Kanzaki's will, has the power to evoke nostalgia for the past. Shizuku, sensing his decisive lack of wine experience, visits wine collector and film director Kurokawa in search of that kind of life-changing wine. He agrees to help, but only if Shizuku can convince film star Nanami Matsushita to see things his way... The third round begins with a deep look into the past!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Wine, Graphic Novels, Japan, Food and Wine, Seinen

211 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 23, 2007

About the author

Tadashi Agi, 亜樹直, is the penname of Yuko and Shin Kibayashi, a sister and brother team of Japanese manga storywriters. Shin Kibayashi also uses the pseudonyms Seimaru Amagi and Yuya Aoki.

Reviews

[Sanford Chee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chpt 89-98 #3 Apostle: lost & homesick kid given candy fr a kind stranger w/ large hand in a nostalgic land. Warmth of family yakiniku.
Chpt 90 relentless pursuit of wine
Shinohara was moved by 1982 Branaire Ducru

Chpt 92 in search of the banished palte
Loulan's wine training 2001 Quinalt L'Enclos

Chpt 93 bringing the sweet days of youth to a close
Film director Akihiko Kurokawa challenges Shizuka to get actress Matsushita Nanami to drink real wine instead of grape juice on set
Crisp morning in a remote mountain log cabin, w/ my beloved having breakfast of toast w/ jam of strawberries, cherries & an orange
2001 S.C. Guillard Gevrey Chambertin Aux Corvees VV
https://www.vivino.com/wines/5263955?...

Chpt 94 a sense of journey to come Chpt 95 feeling the passage of decades
Shizuku gets his peak vintage wine reward from Direcor Kurokawa. A wine like a luxury cruise ship = 1970 Petrus

Dinner b/w siblings Issei & Sara. A noble modern wine. No vintage is a miss.
2001 Domaine Anne Gros Clos Vougeot GC. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1251450?...

Drinking wine // drinking time but time can pass differently for 2 bttls of the same vintage fr the same producer. 1985 Grand Puy Lacoste.

Chpt 96 a place filled w/ the familiar & non
Honma's new fave 🇮🇹 discovery
2000 Franco Martinetti Marasco Barolo. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1993741?...

Shizuka visits his father’s countryside villa & feels nostalgic. He has a lobster terrine dinner w/ Tomika, the architect of the villa & they pair it w/ 1999 Beaucastle neuf blanc VV - music box.
https://www.vivino.com/wines/3936415?...

Chpt 97 cultivating a future worth pining for
What is Vieilles Vignes? No standard definition but would be a dubious marketing ploy if applied to vines <30yrs old
https://www.vinovest.co/blog/vieilles...

Chpt 98 connecting the future connected to the past

[Tasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lort this manga is making me all emotional

[Johnathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had some really good side stories.

[Dexter Lawson · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a wine professional for over 20 years I must say that Drops of God is a guilty pleasure. The wine information is largely quite accurate and the entire plot is just a wonderful ride through the fantastic world of fine wine!

[Bryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This continues to be just exactly what it is -- a love letter to not just wine but wine culture that gives the mangaka team a chance to write a lot of moving (or sometimes merely sentimental) short stories that are linked together by Kanzaki and Issei on their various quests to figure out the apostles. I don't for a minute think that wine is *inherently* all the things that this series claims for it, but it's a fun world to visit when I'm in the right mood, and I'm sure I'll finish the series over the course of 2024.

[Marie Bouteille · Rating 3 out of 5]

On reprend un peu le rythme du début, je me suis remise à dévorer les épisodes !