Whisky is quite an interesting drink, which we wouldn’t be selling and writing so much about it if we didn’t think so, too. In fact, it is so interesting that there is, by now, a World Whisky Day! Beat that Vodka! In all fairness, we also have World Beer Day (another interesting drink), but let’s […]
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What do people think of when they think of Japan? It’s difficult to answer that question, Japan being the cultural superpower that it is all sorts of things come to mind. Some think of pop culture items such as anime and manga, for others it is sushi or perhaps sake. Then there is Toyota, Mitsubishi, […]
We at dekantā have been quite busy in recent days and weeks coming up with new products for our customers. Many of them write to us with requests on items they would like to purchase and recently, we got a request for glassware, original Japanese whisky glasses to go with the whisky. It goes without […]
We at dekanta just got these wonderful pictures of our favorite whiskies, we thought we’d share a few with you, with them, we rebublish a post on this great whisky, which you should try out if you have not done so already! – The Miyagikyo distillery is Nikka’s second distillery, founded back in 1969. With […]
Note on naming: the official name of the distillery is actually Hombo Shuzo Co (Hombo breweries), while it is often called Honbo Ms (Mars after the whisky), Shinshu (after the distillery), Mars Shinshu etc. in colloquial language. We prefer just calling it Mars after the whisky it makes. If you know your Japanese whisky, then […]
Suntory’s Hibiki, along with the Yamazaki, continues to remain by far the most sought after of all Japanese whiskies. This should come as no surprise to anybody who has tried the Hibiki, as the blend continues to collect more and more international awards. As far as we know, it has won at least 18 awards […]
Exciting bottles continue to pour in here at dekantā, and recently we got what could be described as the greatest bottle of them all, the Karuizawa 1964! This bottle is so rare, and so valuable that some even think it’s worth holding a whole press conference to announce it to the world! We at dekantā […]
The Yamazaki is Japan’s most popular single malt whisky; it is also the most exported Japanese whisky, the most award-winning whisky, the most famous whisky, the most, frankly, everything whisky! First sold in 1984 it has since then become a world renowned, being named the best whisky in the world by so many that there […]
As you may know, the Chinese have their very own zodiac, where each year is represented by one of twelve animals. The number twelve stems from the fact that the ancient Chinese followed the planet Jupiter, which takes almost twelve years to circle the sun. As well as being popular in China, the zodiac is […]
Being a company specializing in Japanese whisky you would be forgiven to have missed the fact that we at dekantā also stock more than quite a few bottles of Scotch. “Why?” you might ask. The answer is simple. There are certain bottles of Scotch bottled only for the Japanese market, labeled “Japan release only”, and […]