If you have browsed our collection of bottles, then you know by now that Karuizawa is a high-end product. Dave Broomis hosting a charity event on October 3 to raise money for Nepal in London. Attendants get to taste five rare Karuizawa bottles: Karuizawa 1981 Sherry Cask Karuizawa 29 Year Old Bourbon Cask Karuizawa 30 […]
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A small operation, the Hombo Mars Distillery might not be the most famous Japanese whisky distillery, but it is definitely one of the more charming. Located 800 meters above sea level in the small village of Miyada, high up in the snowy Japanese Alps, Hombo Mars is a charming place to visit. If you are […]
Nikka has featured quite prominently in the news for the past few months following the popularity of the NKH morning show Massan about the live of it’s founder Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Rita. It should therefore come as no surprise that interest in visiting the Nikka Yoichi distillery in Hokkaido, which hosts among other […]
Whisky fans currently in Tokyo might want to take note, Nikka is putting up a gig; for a few days in July the company will be opening up a special bar to capitalize on the current popularity of whisky. The bar is called the “Nikka Whisky Story Bar Tokyo” and is located in the party […]
Japanese whisky is enjoying a surge in popularity in more countries than just Japan, the French for example are mad for it. In 2012, Nikka alone sold around 300.000 bottles of whisky in France, by 2014, of the roughly one million bottles of Japanese whisky sold in Europe, 600.000 went to France. The French love […]
The Suntory Hibiki is as popular as ever, in March this year the company released a new blended of this whisky christened Hibiki Japanese Harmony. This blend has been well received by whisky fans and wet thought we’d introduce it to you. The blend is developed by a third-generation blender named Shingo Torii alongside with […]
A few weeks ago we did a brief introduction of a few of the makers of Japanese whisky, this week however we are going to go into more detail and tell you a thing or two about a legend in the Japanese whisky biz; Seiichi Koshimizu, the chief blender of Suntory whisky. Seiichi is an […]
In a previous post we reported that Nikka was to discontinue its oldest brand Yoichi, the reason being that there is a shortage of whisky on the market following the popularity of the NHK morning show Massan on the life of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Rita. As demand has increased massively Nikka it trying […]
Europe is lucky, it has Marcin Miller, and without him there might not be much Japanese whisky on the continent. Marcin Miller is the co-founder and owner of Number One Drinks, a worldwide distributor of fine Japanese whiskies such as Chichibu, Hanyu, Kawasaki, Karuizawa and Mars. He used to be Editor and Publisher of Whisky […]
This news just came in; Nikka Whisky will in August halt sales of its beloved brand Yoichi. It´s not the lack of demand causing this but rather too much demand. Ever since the TV show Massan, about the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka and his wife Rita debuted on NHK demand for […]