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Takara Sake Sho Chiku Bai REI Junmai Daiginjo sake bottle

Aromatic

Sho Chiku Bai REI

Flavorful, complex, and amber-warm. The sake for a hearty autumn meal.

Tozai Typhoon Futsushu sake bottle

Clean & Dry

Tozai Typhoon

Clean, green, and easy. A futsushu that tastes exactly like a futsushu should at exactly the right price.

Kurosawa Shuzo Kurosawa Junmai Kimoto sake bottle

Earthy & Wild

Kurosawa Junmai Kimoto

Earthy warm, wine-like chilled. A junmai kimoto that rewards every temperature you try.

Kizakura Stars Pure Sparkling sake bottle

Bright & Acidic

Kizakura Stars

Sweet, tart, and lively. A sparkling sake from Kyoto prefecture, Japan.

Rihaku Shuzo Wandering Poet Junmai Ginjo sake bottle

Aromatic

Rihaku Wandering Poet

Clean, green, and lightly sweet. This is a very versatile junmai ginjo.

Kinshihai Yukikage Snow Shadow Tokubetsu Junmai sake bottle

Umami-Rich

Yukikage Snow Shadow

Snow Shadow arrives clean and leaves you sitting around an autumn bonfire.

Huchu Homare Watari Bune The 55 Junmai Ginjo sake bottle

Aromatic

Watari Bune "The 55"

Decadent and seductive. A junmai ginjo from a rice that spent sixty years extinct and came back swinging.

Yaegaki Mu Junmai Daiginjo sake bottle

Clean & Dry

Yaegaki Mu

Dry, subtle, and complete. A junmai daiginjo that earned its IWSC Gold.

Kurosawa Shuzo Nigori sake bottle

Sweet & Full

Kurosawa Nigori

Sweet, creamy, and lush. A Nigori to take on a picnic.

Taruhei Shuzo Gin Sumiyoshi Tokubetsu Junmai sake bottle

Rich & Dry

Gin Sumiyoshi

Full bodied, cedar-warm, and amber in the glass. A historic drama in a bottle.

Toko Sun Rise Junmai Ginjo bottle by Kojima Sohonten

Aromatic

Toko Sun Rise

Light, clean, and pear-forward. The sake that converts skeptics.

Urakasumi’s Honjozo Genshu sake bottle

Sweet & Full

Urakasumi Genshu

Glam-rock in a glass. Bold, honeyed, and impossible to ignore.

Ishimoto Sake Brewery’s Koshi No Kanbai Muka Pure Realm sake bottle

Aromatic

Koshi No Kanbai Muku Pure Realm

Sweet, forward, and unexpectedly rich. A special occasion sake.

Higashiyama Shuzo Konteki Tears of Dawn Daiginjo sake bottle

Aromatic

Konteki Tears of Dawn

Lush, tropical, and arresting. A daiginjo that takes you on a vacation.

Suigei Shuzo Drunken Whale Tokubetsu Junmai sake bottle

Clean & Dry

Suigei Drunken Whale

Smooth, crisp, and dry. A tokubetsu junmai that works with most everything on the table.

SakeOne Momokawa Pearl Junmai Ginjo Nigori sake bottle

Sweet & Full

SakéOne Momokawa Pearl

Sweet, creamy, and tropical. Oregon's answer to the classic Japanese Nigori.

Suwa Shuzo Mantensei Star Filled Sky Junmai Ginjo sake bottle

Aged

Mantensei Star Filled Sky

Deep, savory, and complex. A three-year aged junmai ginjo from Japan's darkest skies.