Osaka Wine
大阪南部の柏原市や羽曳野市の、古くは南河内と呼ばれた地域には、広大なぶどう畑があります。
江戸時代には綿花の栽培が行われていた土地で、外国産の綿花に押されて衰退したあと、明治時代にぶどう栽培が始まりました。あまり知られていませんが昭和初期には全国一の栽培面積を誇った時期もあります。
100年以上の歴史を有するワイナリーもあり、地元で収穫したぶどう100％使用のワインも醸造され、近年「大阪ワイン」はGI（地理的表示）という国が認定する地域ブランドの品質保証制度にも選ばれ、品質向上も著しく、種類も豊富で人気を博しています。南河内に点在するワイナリーでは試飲ができ、直売所で購入もできるほか、ワイナリー見学なども楽しめます。
Other recommended gourmet foods
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Malt Whisky DistilleryJapanese whisky, which is both delicate and powerful, has won numerous awards both at home and abroad and is now recognized worldwide. Suntory Yamazaki Distillery is Japan's first malt whisky distillery.
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Seafood from Osaka BayOsaka Bay has long been blessed with an abundance of seafood, including not only fish such as sardines and sea bream, but also shrimp, crab, and octopus, and the fishing industry has flourished there.
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Osaka beefOsaka, which has flourished as a food capital, is known as the "Kitchen of the World" and has developed as the center of Japanese food culture.
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instant ramenMore than 100 billion servings of instant ramen are consumed worldwide, but the first product was created in a small shed in the backyard of Momofuku Ando's home in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture.
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Naniwa traditional vegetablesThere are still many traditional ingredients and dishes in the Kansai region that can be said to be the origin of Japanese food culture, and the most representative ingredients (vegetables) that originated in Osaka are the "traditional vegetables of Naniwa."