History

 

St. Cousair Inc.-History and Company Information.
History
Ryozo Kuze is the founder and CEO of the St. Cousair Company that sells the highest-quality wines, jams, and dressings. Also, St. Cousair has two outstanding restaurants located near its vineyards.
Ryozo Kuze was born in Tokyo. His father owned a company that sold ketchup and other condiments. Beginning at a young age, Ryozo helped his father with the family business. This working experience provided Ryozo with the necessary skills and knowledge to start his own company. Because Ryozo loved to ski, he decided to move from Tokyo to Madarao located in the mountainous, snowy region of the northernmost part of Nagano Prefecture.
1975. Ryozo started his first business by purchasing and running a little lodge at Madarao. The second day after he opened his business, a young woman named Mayumi, who lived in Yokohawa, checked into the lodge as a customer. Shortly thereafter, Ryozo Kuze fell in love with Mayumi and proposed to her. After they were married, they ran the lodge together. But the lodge was not profitable enough so they tried to find other ways to supplement their income.
1979. Because Mayumi had learned how to make delicious home-made Apple Jam, they started selling the jam to their customers at the lodge. The jam was so good that the demand for it outstripped their ability to keep up with the demand. Consequently, Ryozo started preparing plans for a company that could produce the home-made jam on a larger scale to meet the increased demand.
1987. Mr. Kuze bought land for the office and restaurant
1988. Building completed in Iizuna
1989. Restaurant opens
1990. Winery opens

Company Information
* Company name is St. Cousair Inc.
* CEO: Ryozo Kuze.
* Company started on June 1, 1979.
* We make jams, wine, and other foods. We have a winery and two restaurants. We have 350 employees, 30 shops around Japan, and a main shop in Iizuna.
* Related company is Samizu Wine Seisan Nauen, also owned by Ryozo Kuze.
* Main banks are 82 bank and Mitsui Sumitomo Bank.
* Largest of our vineyards is 25 acres.
* Each year, the company makes and distributes 4,000,000 bottles of jams and dressing and 120,000 bottles of wine.