Plum Wine, Umeshu
From olden times on to the present day, UME-fruit liqueur, Umeshu (Japanese Plum Wine) has been a familiar beverage in Japanese households well known and loved for its relaxing effect as well as its usefulness for keeping healthy. Because of the faint aroma, well-balanced acidity and sweetness of UME-fruit liqueur, Umeshu(Japanese Plum Wine), it is said to be one of the most delicious liquors in the world.
Saika Yuzu Shu
Saika Yuzu Shu
Size: 720ml
Alcohol by Volume: 7% to 8%
Aged: None
Brewery Location: Wakayama Prefecture
Food Pairings: Meat dishes, cheese and oil-based dishes.
Tasting Notes: This is a sake based Yuzu Shu which uses the tart, fragrant juice squeezed from the Yuzu fruit, skin-on. Recommended to be served, straight, on rocks, with soda or warmed.
Brewery: Kokonoe Saika Co., Ltd
Founded: 1908
Profile: Kokonoe Saika was founded in 1908 and brewed vinegar. The founder's vision was to create a finer vinegar and their approach was by making good quality sake kasu, which was a raw ingredient in making vinegar. In 1934, the company's vision expanded to creating sake that is suitable for the dining table. As an extension of the founder's vision, today Kokonoe Saika aims to bring finer vinegar to the dining table, while producing their own quality raw materials for their products. Currently, most of the sake rice used to brew sake is grown by the company's relatives locally in Wakayama. It's by-product sake kasu is used in brewing vinegar. They only use a in-house developed sake for their liquors.
