Kamonishiki Shuzo

加茂錦酒造

Prefecture
Niigata

Steering the ship at Kamonishiki brewery is Yuichi Tanaka Toji, the master brewer, having achieved the position of head brewer of his family’s sake business when he was just 23.  As a young brewer he is full of ambition and passion to make delicious sake that will appeal to the modern person who has a diverse palate and subsists on a varied, international diet.  

He dedicates time daily to tasting and studying the sake of the most popular brands in attempts to firmly grasp the intricacies of what makes a sake sought after.  

Niigata Prefecture, where Kamonishiki has been a functioning sake brewery in Kamo city since its establishment in 1893, is a region most known for its distinctively clean and bone dry style of sake, Tanrei Karakuchi.  

加茂錦酒造の杜氏、田中悠一氏は23歳という若さで家業を引き継いだ以降も、多様な味覚や国際的な食生活を送る現代人に受け入れられるような美味しい酒を造りたいという強い野心と情熱のもと、酒造りを行っています。田中氏は日々、人気銘柄の利き酒に励み日本酒の本質を見極めようとしています。

賀茂錦が拠点を置いている新潟県加茂市は、端麗辛口な日本酒を生産する地域として有名です。加茂錦は1893年の創業以来、この場所に酒蔵として機能しています。