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1.8Ltr
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$32.49
$34.20
6 bottles:
$31.20
A remarkably elegant honjozo popular with local Miyagi drinkers, this is made from premium Yamada Nishiki rice milled...
720ml
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$16.25
12 bottles:
$15.44
A remarkably elegant honjozo popular with local Miyagi drinkers, this is made from premium Yamada Nishiki rice milled...
720ml
Bottle:
$34.80
12 bottles:
$33.06
For his Junmai Daiginjo Niizawa-san has chosen to use heirloom Omachi rice milled to 40% which gives this graceful...
720ml
Bottle:
$22.80
12 bottles:
$21.66
Slightly fuller and chewier than the Hakurakusei Tokubetsu Junmai, it shares the house style: clean and zippy and...
1.8Ltr
Bottle:
$46.17
$48.60
6 bottles:
$45.60
Slightly fuller and chewier than the Hakurakusei Tokubetsu Junmai, it shares the house style: clean and zippy and...
1.8Ltr
Bottle:
$42.75
$45.00
6 bottles:
$42.00
Classic example of a modern sake style, the Hakurakusei Tokubetsu Junmai is laser focused, a clean, direct sake...
720ml
Bottle:
$142.50
$150.00
*Yokowa AAA Rated Yamada Nishiki milled to 50% *BY or “Brew Year” references that unlike the extended aging for...
720ml
Bottle:
$119.70
$126.00
*Yokowa AAA Rated Yamada Nishiki milled to 55% *Made in the time consuming Yamahai method, naturally developing...
1.8Ltr
Bottle:
$64.41
$67.80
A soft, elegant and lightly fruity Junmai Ginjo with subtle sweetness. Extremely versatile for pairing but the maker...
720ml
Bottle:
$31.92
$33.60
A soft, elegant and lightly fruity Junmai Ginjo with subtle sweetness. Extremely versatile for pairing but the maker...
1.8Ltr
Bottle:
$48.45
$51.00
6 bottles:
$48.00
A beautifully dry and spicy sake, slightly nutty, with the characteristic Shishi no Sato clarity. Pairs beautifully...
720ml
Bottle:
$63.84
$67.20
Bouquet of aromas like freshly cut apple, pear and white peach. Gorgeously expansive on the palate, layers of flavor...
375ml
Bottle:
$26.22
$27.60
A soft and delicately sparkling sake with fresh and clean aromas of sweet steamed rice, very light sweetness...
Albarossa Sake Zinfandel Japan Ishikawa Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture
The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.
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.