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720ml
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$25.20
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A refreshing liqueur made from the juice of fresh squeezed yuzu citrus, sake and a touch of rock sugar to add...
750ml
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$19.84
$20.88
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$16.63
Golden yellow. Honey on the nose. Sweet honey, almond and stoney fruit flavors with nice acidity. On the rocks, with...
500ml - Case of 12
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$54.72
Crafted from the finest sun ripened ume from Wakayama, this sake based umeshu is bursting from the glass with ripe...
700ml
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$29.64
$31.20
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$27.36
The expressive aroma of stewed plums is vivid on the nose. The black tea, lavender, and vanilla notes add complexity...
720ml
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$30.78
$32.40
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$28.50
This lovely liqueur offers a silky rendering of Japan’s most beloved aromatic citrus fruit. Though not high enough...
375ml
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$35.34
$37.20
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$33.06
The Japanese Liqueur Mizunara showcases all the beauty of the country's indigenous oak tree in a beautiful modifier...
720ml
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$22.80
$24.00
A unique liqueur of umeshu (plum sake) flavored with high quality green tea leaves. Silky and sweet, green tea...
Dolcetto Liqueur Rum Japan
In Italian, Dolcetto means 'little sweet one' – a slightly misleading name, as the black grapes of this varietal have relatively little natural sugar and almost almost produce dry wines. However, the Dolcetto grapes are remarkably popular with those looking for a full, rounded and highly flavorful wine, and are grown extensively in their native Italy, and in many other countries around the world. Dolcetto varietal grapes tend to have quite a high level of tannin, due to their thick, black skins, and low acidity, resulting in interesting wines with a large feel in the mouth, despite being relatively light in body. They are most commonly associated with big, complex flavors such as liquorice and prunes, and are regularly described as having a finish similar to the flavor of bitter almonds.
It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.
Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.
The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.
All over Japan, farmers and wine producers take the production of alcoholic beverages including plum wine and sake very seriously. It is an industry which dates back well over a thousand years, and is held in high esteem in this far east country, where plum wines and sake often accompany meals and are used for ceremonial purposes. Whilst plum wine is produced in a relatively similar way to grape based wines, sake requires a complex process more akin to the brewing of beer, except using a rice mash instead of other grains. The rising popularity of both of these drinks in the west has seen the drinks industry in Japan increase dramatically over recent years, and both quality and quantity has risen alongside demand, and is expected to rise further.