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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $74.67 $78.60
A stout, robust and incredibly dry sake, prominent notes of black walnuts and caramel shading into spicy flavors of...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $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...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $71.25 $75.00
A sake of remarkable clarity, with a soft approach, light, spritzy citrus finish. Typically drier and lighter than...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $41.61 $43.80
6 bottles: $40.80
Defined and precise, the Bijofu Junmai is a sake with zip, spice and drinkability. Not a heavy or earthy Junmai, this...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $35.91 $37.80
6 bottles: $34.80
Aromas of melon and plum, rich texture. Balanced between sweet and dry with flavors of Asian pear, banana and almonds.
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $63.27 $66.60
This Junmai Ginjo brings out the gorgeous subtleties of this Yamada Nishiki, with an initial sensation of melon...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
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...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
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...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $27.32 $28.76
6 bottles: $18.34
Hakutsuru Excellent Junmai Sake has been brewed with a 250-year-old traditional technique of HAKUTSURU as our main...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $46.17 $48.60
6 bottles: $45.60
The Hojo Biden Yamahai Junmai is a unique expression from a great Kyushu brewery, a bold sake designed to match the...
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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
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $74.67 $78.60
A singular expression of Yamada Nishiki rice polished to 60%, Hakugyokko is a bold and rustic sake made by the time...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $493.05 $519.00
*Yokowa AAA Rated Yamada Nishiki milled to 50% *Normally the B.Y., or Brew Year, is aged for one year before release...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $396.15 $417.00
*Yokowa AAA Rated Yamada Nishiki milled to 55% *Made in the time consuming Yamahai method, naturally developing...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $236.55 $249.00
*Yokowa AAA Rated Yamada Nishiki milled to 55% *Made in the time consuming Yamahai method, naturally developing...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $151.05 $159.00
A masterpiece of the classic Niigata “light and dry” style, the Kirinzan Junmai Daiginjo is reminiscent of a...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $88.35 $93.00
A full bodied, complex Junmai Ginjo with a buttery texture, warm cocoa notes, and surprising depth. If you think only...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $40.47 $42.60
This sake boasts a natural Kimoto flavor, which is full-bodied and earthy, yet light. Exquisitely balanced and...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $40.47 $42.60
6 bottles: $39.60
This sake boasts a natural Kimoto flavor, which is full-bodied and earthy, yet light. Exquisitely balanced and...

Cortese Melon de Bourgogne Nosiola Sake 1.8Ltr 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.

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.