Dewazakura
Located in Tendo, in the Yamagata prefecture, the Japanese producer Dewazakura Shuzo creates exquisite sake using a process that is still predominantly manual. The sakagura was founded in 1892 by Seijiro Nakano, a descendant of a family that owned another sakagura, called Kuma Masamune. Until the Showa period, which lasted from 1926 to 1989, the Nakano family owned three different sakagura. Dewazakura Shuzo was the first to produce a Ginjo sake, made in 1980 under the Oka Ginjo brand, which in the following decades achieved international success, culminating in 2011 with its entry into the catalog of Berry Bros. & Rudd, the oldest wine merchant in Britain, a direct supplier to the Royal Family. The Tendo area is surrounded by mountains and is characterized by a very hot climate in summer and quite cold in winter, with abundant snowfall covering the city. This peculiar climate, combined with the fertility of the land, has made the area a true excellence for the cultivation of rice and fruit.
The processing of the
Located in Tendo, in the Yamagata prefecture, the Japanese producer Dewazakura Shuzo creates exquisite sake using a process that is still predominantly manual. The sakagura was founded in 1892 by Seijiro Nakano, a descendant of a family that owned another sakagura, called Kuma Masamune. Until the Showa period, which lasted from 1926 to 1989, the Nakano family owned three different sakagura. Dewazakura Shuzo was the first to produce a Ginjo sake, made in 1980 under the Oka Ginjo brand, which in the following decades achieved international success, culminating in 2011 with its entry into the catalog of Berry Bros. & Rudd, the oldest wine merchant in Britain, a direct supplier to the Royal Family. The Tendo area is surrounded by mountains and is characterized by a very hot climate in summer and quite cold in winter, with abundant snowfall covering the city. This peculiar climate, combined with the fertility of the land, has made the area a true excellence for the cultivation of rice and fruit.
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