(DrinksInt) - Jacob’s Creek, the Pernod Ricard-owned Australian wine brand, has launched a wine specifically designed to complement Japanese cuisine.

The wine is called “WAH”. The company says it was co-created with leading 4^th generation Japanese sushi chef and owner of Michelin-star sushi restaurant Ginza Sushi Kou, Mamoru Sugiyama, from Tokyo’s fashionable Ginza district.

WAH was created as the Jacob’s Creek brand owners saw an opportunity to develop a wine that was specially crafted to compliment sushi/sashimi.

The wine is available in selected retailers and sushi restaurants in Japan only.

Pernod’s Australian wine division, Orlando Wyndham said work on WAH began with the arrival of Mamoru Sugiyama in Australia. After a visit to the local fish market to buy the freshest ingredients, Sugiyama-san prepared a selection of sushi pieces at the Jacob’s Creek facility in the Barossa Valley.