Meet the Fukushima Sake Brewers in NYC

Free Sake Tasting – Meet the Fukushima Sake Brewers

Friday, June 13 · 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Union Square Wines & Spirits – 140 4th Avenue (between 13th and 14th Streets)

Admission: Free

Try sake of three top breweries from one of Fukushima Prefecture’s most famous brewing regions, Aizu.

For nine consecutive years, from 2013 to 2022, Fukushima led all prefectures in Gold Prizes at the century-old Japan Sake Awards. Sake from Fukushima is crafted with care and precision to bring out its refined flavor.

To introduce New Yorkers to the delights of Fukushima sake, the Fukushima government is hosting a free sake tasting at Union Square Wines & Spirits this Friday, June 13. Three sake masters are traveling from Fukushima to pour sake for New Yorkers: Nobuhiro Hosoi of Kokken Brewery, Koichi Suzuki of Akebono Brewery, and Nobuo Shoji of Yumegokoro Brewery.

There will be nine different brands from three different breweries to enjoy.

Featured Sake

From Kokken Brewery:

• Kokken Yume no Kaori Tokubetsu Junmai

• Kokken Yamahai Junmai

• Kokken Daiginjo

From Akebono Sake Brewery:

• Tenmei Funashibori Junmai Hiire Orange Label

• Tenmei Junmai Hiire 1-year Aged Brown Label

• Tenmei Bear Cup Sake

From Yumegokoro Sake Brewery:

• Naraman Junmai Daiginjo

• Junmai DaiginjoNaraman Assemblage

• Naraman Junmai-shu Muroka Binhiire

Spend $50 on Fukushima sake and receive a masu cup! (Limited promotion; only 20 masu will be available during the event.) Enjoy a 10% discount on all Fukushima sake on the day of the tastings.

Walk-ins are welcome but RSVPs are appreciated. Please visit the Fukushima government’s Eventbrite page to RSVP.

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Meet the sake Brewers at Union Square Wines & Spirits

Free Sake Tasting – Meet the Fukushima Sake Brewers

Tuesday, January 23 · 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Union Square Wines & Spirits – 140 4th Avenue (between 13th and 14th Streets)

Admission: Free

Fukushima Prefecture has won the most Gold Prizes at the century-old Japan Sake Awards for nine years in a row. Sake from Fukushima is created with unmatched craftsmanship and the finest taste. While famous in Japan, Fukushima sake is still not well known to the outside world.

To introduce New Yorkers to the delights of Fukushima sake, the Fukushima Trade Promotion Council is hosting two free sake tastings at Union Square Wines & Spirits on January 23 and 24. Nobuhiro Hosoi, Sake Master and President of Kokken Brewery, and Nobuo Shoji, Sake Master and President of Yumegokoro Brewery, are traveling from Fukushima to pour sake for New Yorkers. There will be seven different brands from three different breweries on January 23 and eight brands on January 24 to enjoy.

Featured Sake on January 23

• Junmai Kokken from Kokken Brewery

• Yamahai Junmai Kokken from Kokken Brewery

• Junmai Daiginjo NARAMAN from Yumegokoro Sake Brewery

• NARAMAN Junmai-shu Muroka Binhiire from Yumegokoro Sake Brewery

• Aizu Chujo – Junmai Ginjo Yumenokaori from Tsurunoe Shuzo

• Aizu Chujo – Junmai from Tsurunoe Shuzo

• Aizu Chujo – Junmai Ginjo Yuri from Tsurunoe Shuzo

Featured Sake on January 24

• Daiginjo Kokken from Kokken Brewery

• Tokubetsu Junmai Kokken Yume no Kaori from Kokken Brewery

• Uka Black Label Organic Junmai Daiginjo from Ninki Brewery

• Uka Dry Organic Junmai Daiginjo from Ninki Brewery

• Uka Sparkling Sake Organic Junmai Daiginjo from Ninki Brewery

• Masakura Kimoto Junmai Ginjo from Daishichi Sake Brewery

• Kimoto Umeshu from Daishichi Sake Brewery

• Tenmei Junmai Hi-ire Orange Label from Akebono Sake Brewery

Enjoy a 15% discount on the featured sake that will be poured and 10% discount on all Fukushima sake on the days the tastings.

Walk-ins are welcome, but RSVPs are appreciated. Please visit the Fukushima Trade Promotion Council’s Eventbrite page to RSVP to the January 23 tasting and/or the January 24 tasting.

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Holiday Sake from Fukushima Prefecture

Fukushima Sake for the Holidays

Friday, December 1 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Minoru’s Sake Shop at Landmark Wine and Spirits – 208 W. 23rd Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)

Admission: Free

Fukushima Prefecture has won the most Gold Prizes at the century-old Japan Sake Awards for nine years in a row. Sake from Fukushima is created with unmatched craftsmanship and the finest taste. While famous in Japan, Fukushima sake is still not well known outside the country.

To introduce New Yorkers to the delights of Fukushima sake, the Fukushima Trade Promotion Council is hosting a free holiday sake tasting at Minoru’s Sake Shop at Landmark Wine and Spirits in Chelsea

Tasting session participants will receive a 10% discount for purchases of Fukushima sake.

Enjoy Six Different Brands from Six Different Breweries

• Minowamon Kimoto Junmai Daiginjo from Daishichi Sake Brewery

• KEN Daiginjo from Suehiro Brewery

• Odayaka Junmai Ginjo from Niida-Honke

• NARAMAN Junmai-shu Muroka Binhiire from Yumegokoro Sake Brewery

• Kokken Yamahai Junmai from Kokken Brewery

• Lychee Nigori from Homare Brewery

Walk-ins are welcome, but RSVPs are appreciated. To register, please visit the Fukushima Trade Promotion Council’s Eventbrite page.