Product Details

Award-winning delicious Japanese rice wine alcohol drinks

- Winner of the WC2015 great value sake Award

- Recommended with meals. Best served chilled.

- Sake that can be enjoyed from a wine glass

Product Description

Winner of the International wine challenge 2015 Great value sake Award.

A taste that has been recognized by sommeliers around the world.

Gassan Shuzo Co., Ltd. (Sagae) is located in roughly the center of Yamagata Prefecture.

The company was established in 1972 by three companies.

SHITARA SHUZOU Co.,Ltd. (1896 founded),

Suzuki brewing joint-stock company (in 1700 founded),

Yahataya brewing shop Co., Ltd. (1780 founded) with the goal of further improving quality.

We sell under the representative "Ginrei Gassan" brand.

[Other prizes in recent years]
2014 United States National Sake Excellence Award - Gold Prize
2015 National New Sake Excellence Award - Gold Prize

Product Name

Alcohol
content

Rice-polishing

Tasting memo

Honjo-zo

15.50%

65%

dry taste.
clear & refined taste, smooth
drink with dinner (Japanese style)
good temperature is on the rock,

5-10℃, room temperature,

45-50℃ (nuru-kan),

50-55℃ (atsu-kan)

Junmai

15-16%

70%

medium dry taste.
clear taste, refined, rich taste
recommended drinking with dinner (Japanese style dishes)
good temperature is 5-10℃,

room temperature, 40-45℃ (nuru-kan)

Gassan Shuzo Products Lineup

Production Methods
The sake is made only from carefully selected and domestically sourced rice and water.

The rice that is used is a variety that has been developed specifically for sake.

The soft water (Gassin spring water) that is used produces a sake that is also soft and gentle.

It is through the processes of rice milling ⇒ cleaning ⇒ fermentation ⇒ filtration ⇒

heat sterilization that rice and water become sake.

Brewery	Brewery Information
UYO-OTOKOYAMA (Yamagata City)	Established 1789. Their policy is "Loved by local people". They are doing their best in selection in materials, technical study, fullness of equipment, etc., and think that the heart of brewer is the most important in sake brewing. -Awards- Annual Japan Sake Awards Gold medal 2004-2012, 2015
KURO-ZAEMON (Yonezawa City)	Established 1870. Their brewery located heavy snowfall area. They are brewing "jizake", local sakes, with their unconventional idea in this beautiful natural environment. When brewing, they keep showing the 100% of the individuality of local sale in mind. -Awards- International Wine Challenge 2015 Trophy International Wine Challenge 2015 Gold Medal
TOHOKU-IZUMI (Yuza-machi)	Established in 1902. It names in a meaning called the alcohol brewed the water of "TOHOKU" pellucid "IZUMI(spring)". It is located in a border between prefectures with Akita Pref., and the Chokai Mt. subsoil water is used for preparation water. It is the brewery with a smooth taste popular also with a woman. -Awards- Annual Japan Sake Awards Gold medal 2001-2010
TATENOKAWA (Sakata City)	Established in 1832. They brews sake with rice made in Sakata located Tatenokawa. In 2010, they changed all the alcohol to junmai-dai-ginjo because the aim at brewing the high-grade sake with which even only one cup of grass can be satisfied. It is popular sake when you can enjoy yourself together with a meal. -Awards- The Fine Sake Awards Japan 2014,2015 Gold Gold prize from the Kanzake Contest 2011
AZUMANO-HUMOTO (Nanyo City)	Established in 1897. The brewery is located in Akayu Onsen(hot spring), Nanyo city satisfies many tourists, and has fans all over Japan. Their sake are dry taste which for people like sake, and drink every day! They brewery sake very carefully by small lot, but it is reasonable price setting. -Awards- The Fine Sake Awards Japan 2014 Gold Annual Japan Sake Awards Gold medal 2014
TAKENOTSUYU (Tsuruoka City)	Established in 1858.TAKENOTSUYU located in the foot in Haguro Mt. Published also at Michelin Guide. Use local rice in Haguro. Using "Gassan-hukuryusui" for preparation water, the character is alkali super-soft water. Their sake is very smoothly and matches broadly the Japanese meal which was rich in variety. -Awards- International Wine Challenge 2015 silver The Fine Sake Awards 2015 Gold medal

In addition to those mentioned above, we deal with 20 breweries and 6 wineries within Yamagata Prefecture, making it possible for us to offer roughly 500 varieties of sake

and 100 varieties of wine produced in Yamagata.

Desired brands are available upon request.