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Nishi Distillery Tasting Sheet
Nishi’s big sellers. This sheet can be used for a three-bottle tasting with products from the vaunted Nishi Distillery in Kagoshima Prefecture. The three bottles are Hakuten Houzan, Kicchou Houzan, and...
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Three Ms Tasting Sheet
You’ll pay a premium for them with most vendors in Japan. This sheet pits three heavyweights against each other–the three Ms. They are none other than Mori’izou, Murao, and Maou (no disrespect intended...
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I just want to take a moment to highlight a strong example of contextualizing your product and showing consumers how it can fit into theirs lives. Yamatozakura, a respected distillery from Kagoshima...
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“dancyu” September 2013 Issue
The title reads “Shochu Summer.” Yes, it most certainly was. This is a few months old now, but last year’s September issue of “dancyu” (pronounced /dahn chew/) was all about shochu. The famous culinary...
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Satsuma Shuzo Debuts “Jan,” a Shochu for Sushi
Try this with fish. November 1st was Honkaku Shochu and Awamori Day, and we here at Shochu Pro hope you were able to enjoy a glass or two that evening. But did you know that the first was also Sushi...
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Taikai Shuzo: Sweet Potato Shochu from the Heart of Osumi
Taikai Shuzo President, Naomasa Kono (left), and Master Brewer-Distiller, Yoshiyuki Omure pause for a photo on the second floor of the distillery. Behind them are three maekake, traditional aprons...
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