Buttered apricots. Meadow. Pale golden. Sunlight. Golden. Rich. Kristy Yamaguchi? Crusty bread and cheese? Liver? Celebrating life? Simply lovely. — 8 years ago
Birthday dinner sake. Gorgeous velvet texture and sharp finish — 10 years ago
Birthday sake! Creamy and round, but still light on its feet with a refreshing acidity. Pears, melon, light caramel. SMV +5 from Yamaguchi prefecture, just south and west of Hiroshima. — 11 years ago
Name:" Touyou Bijin", 東洋美人/ subtitle:" Jipang", 地帆紅/ brewery: Sumikawa shuzoujou/ region: Yamaguchi prefecture/ category: daiginjo/ clear fresh note of apple and peach, light clear sweet and vivid acidic attack, dry and sharp after. — 12 years ago
Niwano Uguisu - "park in a bush warbler" — 12 years ago
Name:" Gokyo"/ brewery: Sakai shuzou/ region; Iwakuni city, Yamaguchi prefecture/ category: junmai unpressed squeezed unpasturised / light and fruity nose of melon and pear, smooth attack and sweet body, clear after. Nice balance. — 13 years ago
Sake name: "Niwa no Uguisu"/category: tokubetsu junmai hiyaoroshi/ brewery: Yamaguchi sake company/ comment: light nose with hint of pear, dry and tasty. — 13 years ago
Oldest vines I. Japan — 7 years ago
The otter really shines in this. — 9 years ago
Starter sake for mom. Medium body creamy and flower aroma just the way she likes it. — 9 years ago
Beautifully balanced. Absolutely delicious — 10 years ago
This tastes like clean dew. It is amazing. — 11 years ago
Japanese sparkling sake. Sweet like dessert!!! — 12 years ago
Name:"Tōyōbijin"/ brewery:Sumikawa shuzoujou/ region: Yamaguchi prefecture/ category: junmaiginjo/crispy acid and light sweetness. — 12 years ago
Name:" Niwa no Uguisu"/ brewery: Yamaguchi shuzoujou/ region: Kurume city, Fujuoka prefecture/ category:selected junmaiginjo unpasturised/ fresh note of pine, juicy acid and clear sweetness. — 13 years ago
So elegant. — 13 years ago
From Kyoko when she visited in June 2019 — 7 years ago
Norb bday dinner — 8 years ago
Ferocious acid attack — 8 years ago
Rich, more salty than normal. — 11 years ago
My first Japanese wine. Quite nice. — 12 years ago
Château Mercian Private Reserve Koshu Toriibira — 12 years ago
Name:" Niwano Uguisu"/ subtitle:" Inabikari ,(sparking light of thunder)"/ brewery: Yamaguchi shuzoujou/ region: Fukuoka prefecture/ category: junmaiginjo/ fresh and rich taste — 12 years ago
Name:" Toyobijin, Asian beauty"/ subtitle:" Survived Sake"/ brewery: Sumikawa shuzoujou/ region: Yamaguchi prefecture/ non-category/this brewery suffered big damage caused by heavy rain disaster last year. All of survived sake was mixed./ clear aroma, apple, peach, light sweetness, smart and crispy acid, dry after. — 13 years ago
Name: "Chouyou Fukumusume"/ brewery: Iwasaki shuzou/ region: Yamaguchi prefecture/ category: daiginjo /cepage: Yamadanishiki/ comment: lightly sweet, crispy acid, clear. — 13 years ago
Young Bock Lee
Okarakuchi. Floral, fruity on the first palate finished with sharp clean finish. Not my favorite but it does its job. Sometimes Karakuchi sake leaves large amount of umami flavor in the end but this sake leaves more clean finish. — 6 years ago