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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $24.00
12 bottles: $22.80
Made from local Kita Nishiki rice, which lends the sake a clear structure and sharp finish. Aromas of green apple...
Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $84.00
12 bottles: $79.80
Made from the top Yamada Nishiki sake rice from Yokowa, giving definition and transparency to the sake. Aromas of...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $34.80
12 bottles: $33.06
Rare Aiyama rice is only grown in Hyogo, and provides a bright and expressive base for sake. Aroma of fresh...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $27.36 $28.80
Made from locally grown Grade A Yamada Nishiki rice from Yoshikawa milled to 55%. Soft Ibo river water. Aroma of...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $20.52 $21.60
Sturdy sake, strong rice flavors balanced by a beautiful dry acidity.
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $62.13 $65.40
This is the taste of old school sake: deep, rich, bursting with umami, sweetness and acidity. Pairs beautifully with...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
900ml
Bottle: $30.78 $32.40
This is the taste of old school sake: deep, rich, bursting with umami, sweetness and acidity. Pairs beautifully with...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $35.34 $37.20
Bold and beautiful, Mizuho is carefully blended from a mix of 5- to 8-year-aged Junmai sake giving a silken texture...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
900ml
Bottle: $16.62 $17.50
A smooth, creamy and easy drinking sake meant to be enjoyed chilled. A faithful companion that can accompany you at...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $14.31 $15.06
12 bottles: $11.83
This sake has aromas and flavors of pineapple, apple and papaya on the palate. It is satiny smooth with a bright,...

Bobal Cortese Nosiola Sake Japan Hyogo Prefecture Wine

The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.

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.