Sakagura & Joto Sake Present A Sake Makers Festival - June 14, 2006

Sakagura Saki Makers Festival
Wednesday June 14, 2006

Sakagura and Joto Saki LLC are excited to announce the arrival of five award-winning saki makers from Japan to present their sakis. This is the U.S. debut for two of these sakagura. Together they represent
more than 1100 years of saki making history, 41 generations and five major saki making regions. They will present 18 different kinds of sake, including some very rare brews. There will be a raffle for special gifts from Japan.

Seats: 120 people
Seating schedule: 6:15PM~8:30PM (1st seating)
9:00PM~11:15PM(2nd seating)
Sake Tasting Fee: $35 (tax, tip not included)

*A menu featuring cuisine specially crafted for this event will be available.

Reservation Hotline: 212-953-SAKE (7253)

We will be taking reservations through 6/9 (Friday).
Reservationists will be standing by Monday through Friday after 3PM.
*Please note that a credit card number is needed to process the reservation.

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Five award-winning saki makers

1:Brand: Watari Bune (no translation, proper name) and Taiheikai, Pacific Ocean
Brewery: Huchu Homare Brewery
Products
Watari Bune Junmai Ginjo "55"
Watari Bune Junmai Daiginjo
Taiheikai Tokubetsu Junmai
Summary: Watari Bune is a pure or heirloom strain of rice, meaning it has not father or mother strain, and has not been intercrossed
with another type of saki rice. It is also the father strain to Yamada Nishiki rice. Watari Bune had gone out of use for 50-someodd years
because it grew tall and harvested late, making it vulnerable to typhoons and insects. The brewery revived this rice, starting with 14 grams
of seedlings, secured from the Japanese National Agricultural Research Institute. They continued harvesting this rice and brewing with it,
quickly winning awards and becoming a cult saki in Japan. It is hard to get and mainly enjoyed at saki bars in Japan by aficionados.
They also make Taiheikai, their original brand.

2:Brand: Chikurin, Bamboo Forest
Brewery: Marumoto Brewery Brand: Shichi Hon Yari, The Seven Spearsmen
Products
Fukamari "Depth" Junmai
Kaoyaka "Lightness" Junmai Ginjo
Taoyaka "Elegance" Junmai Daiginjo
Hou Hou Shu sparkling sake
Location: Asakuchi-shi, Okayama-ken
Summary: Chikurin is made from 100% jika saibai, or homegrown, Yamada Nishiki rice. Most small saki makers work closely with
local contract farmers who grow the rice for the brewery. To make Chikurin, the Marumoto Brewery uses rice they grow themselves.
The people who grow the rice also make the saki, instilling their passion and knowledge into every step of every bottle.
Yamada Nishiki is the most famous saki rice and this saki expresses a real rice character and the beauties of Yamada Nishiki.
They also make Hou Hou Shu sparkling saki.

3:Brand: Shichi Hon Yari, The Seven Spearsmen
Brewery: Tomita Shuzou
Products
Junmai
Junmai Ginjo

4:Brand: Kasumi Tsuru, The Crane of Kasumi
Brewery: Kasumi Tsuru Ltd
Products
Kimoto Extra Dry
Kimoto Junmai Ginjo
Yamahai Junmai
Yamahai Ginjo
Shiboritate Namazake Genshu

5:Brand: Yuki No Bosha, Cabin in the Snow
Brewery: Saiya Shuzouten
Products
Limited Release Junmai Ginjo
Daiginjo
Junmai Daiginjo
Akita Komachi Daiginjo
Junmai Ginjo Nigori

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