Q&A: MANGA MEETS MONTRACHET

n 2004, when sister-and-brother writing team Yuko and Shin Kibayashi started manga series about blind tasting classic wines, no one believed that the Japanese comic form would click with lovers of Y’quem and Montrachet. But the pen-and-pour pairing immediately struck a chord, first in Japan, then in South Korea, the U.S. and even France. Now, more than 40 volumes later, squad is behind a blind-tasting game app and a wine to sign up). They recently launched a wine salon concept in Napa and Beverly Hills, after which they answered a few questions under their shared pseudonym, Tadashi Agi. —