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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $29.64 $31.20
12 bottles: $27.36
The expressive aroma of stewed plums is vivid on the nose. The black tea, lavender, and vanilla notes add complexity...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $30.78 $32.40
Kinoko translates to "mushroom" and represents Kuramoto Touda-san's love for mushrooms and being a self proclaimed...
Sake/Fruit Wine
300ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.44
Aged in tank for 3 years, this umami-rich sake finishes dry and clean from precise fermentation and water minerality....
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $29.64 $31.20
Aged in tank for 3 years, this umami-rich sake finishes dry and clean from precise fermentation and water minerality....
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $38.76 $40.80
12 bottles: $36.48
Blending only the best malt and grains, combined with the fresh spring water from the streams of Mount Daisen...
Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $133.20
12 bottles: $126.54
Honey-tinged and citrus-laden nose with subtle suggestions of yellow apple skin, cherry compote, and maple. Fresh...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $249.94 $349.94
Showing an attractive straw-gold color, this mature whisky has bright flavors of baked cereal grains, toasted vanilla...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $99.18 $104.40
A very soft and alluring nose reveals an elegant whisky that has myriad flavors of gingerbread, pound cake, malt...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $78.66 $82.80
Kurayoshi Distillery lies between Osaka and Hiroshima in the foothills of Mount Daisen, where it produces single malt...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $82.80
12 bottles: $78.66
This whisky has an elegant nose, with faint whispers of baked apple, buttercream, and dried lemon peel. The palate is...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $684.00 $720.00
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Sake/Fruit Wine
500ml
Bottle: $31.94
A beautifully balanced Junmai Daiginjo balancing light notes of tangerine with a creamy texture and ginger on the...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $48.00
12 bottles: $45.60
A beautifully dense and complex sake, the Ichiban Matoi contains notes of fresh tropical fruit like melon, papaya and...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
300ml
Bottle: $10.69 $11.25
A bit of a stretch for brewer-owner Sumikawa-san, this Junmai Ginjo steps outside of his normally luscious and full...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $20.52 $21.60
A bit of a stretch for brewer-owner Sumikawa-san, this Junmai Ginjo steps outside of his normally luscious and full...

Japan Gunma Prefecture Niigata Tottori Prefecture Yamaguchi Prefecture

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.