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Sushi and
Sake's selected
1/2006
Intro to
Basic Sake: The 101 Sake labels
There are over 200
varieties of sake currently available for sale in the U.S.
The following list is based on the information provided by the
companies.
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Name of
Sake - Label |
Category |
Nihon
Shudo |
Brewery
Region |
Name of
Brewery |
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Kikumasamune Reishu Ginjo |
Ginjo |
+4.5 |
Nada, Hyogo |
Kikumasa |
| Ginjosyu |
Ginjo |
2.0 |
Yamagata |
Otokoyama |
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Hakushika |
Ginjo |
--- |
Hyogo |
Tatsuuma-Honke |
|
Urakasumi |
Ginjo |
+1.0 |
Miyagi |
Saura |
|
Mizuno Shirabe |
Ginjo |
+3.0 |
Hyogo |
Yamamoto Honke |
|
Haiku |
Ginjo |
--- |
Hyogo |
Gekkeikan |
|
Ginyu Shizuku |
Daiginjo |
+5.0 |
Tochigi |
Senkin |
|
Osakaya Chobei |
Daiginjo |
+4.0 |
Hyogo |
Ozeki |
|
Denemon |
Daiginjo |
+4.0 |
Niigata |
Echigo |
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Hakutsuru |
Junmai |
--- |
Nada, Hyogo |
Hatsuru |
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Hatsushibori Yukihonoka |
Junmai |
+2.0 |
Yamagata |
Takenotsuyu |
|
Takenotsuyu |
Junmai |
+2.0 |
Yamagata |
Takenotsuyu |
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Echigo Tsurukame |
Junmai |
+3.0 |
Niigata |
Uehara |
|
Hatsuhana Utatane |
Junmai |
+/-0.0 |
Niigata |
Kanemasu |
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Kikusui Junmai |
Junmai |
+1.0 |
Niigata |
Kikusui |
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Tengumai |
Junmai |
+4.0 |
Ishikawa |
Shata |
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Miyozakura |
Junmai |
+2.0 |
Gifu |
Miyozakura |
|
Kikumasamune Taru Sake |
Junmai |
+5.0 |
Nada, Hyogo |
Kikumasamune |
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Rokkasen |
Junmai |
-12.0 |
Yamagata |
Rokkasen |
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Jyuyondai |
Junmai |
+5.0 |
Yamagata |
Takagi |
|
Karaisake |
Junmai |
+5.0 |
Yamagata |
Otokoyama |
|
Onikarakuchi |
Junmai |
+10.0 |
Yamagata |
Toraya |
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Hatsuhana |
Junmai |
+3.0 |
Niigata |
Kanamasu |
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Hachitsuru |
Junmai |
+2.0 |
Aomori |
Hachinohe |
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Kita No Homare |
Junmai |
+2.0 |
Hokkaido |
Kita No Homare |
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Kokushi Muso |
Junmai |
+5.0 |
Hokkaido |
Takasago |
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Koshino Homare |
Junmai |
+5.0 |
Niigata |
Hara |
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Ai San San |
Junmai |
+3.0 |
Ehime |
Seiryo |
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Hakutsuru |
Junmai Ginjo |
--- |
Nada, Hyogo |
Hakutsuru |
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Hakugin |
Junmai Ginjo |
+2.0 |
Yamagata |
Otokoyama |
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Urakasumi |
Junmai Ginjo |
+1.0 |
Miyagi |
Saura |
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Yamahoshi |
Junmai Ginjo |
-12.0 |
Yamagata |
Rokkasen |
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Hakkaisan |
Junmai Ginjo |
+5.0 |
Niigata |
Hakkai |
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Kikusui |
Junmai Ginjo |
+1.0 |
Niigata |
Kikusui |
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Shimeharitsuru Jun |
Junmai Ginjo |
+3.0 |
Niigata |
Miyao |
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Fukucho Biho |
Junmai Ginjo |
+3.0 |
Hiroshima |
Imada |
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Hakutaka |
Junmai Ginjo |
+2.5 |
Nada, Hyogo |
Hakutaka |
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Gassan |
Junmai Ginjo |
+3.0 |
Shimane |
Yoshida |
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Tamanohikari Kaori Ginjo |
Junmai Ginjo |
+1.0 |
Fushimi Kyoto |
Tamanohikari |
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Kamotsuru |
Junmai Ginjo |
+4.0 |
Hiroshima |
Kamotsuru |
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Dassai |
Junmai Ginjo |
+5.0 |
Yamaguchi |
Asahi |
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Taisetsu |
Junmai Ginjo |
+3.0 |
Hokkaido |
Takasago |
|
Jinyu 100 Poems |
Junmai Ginjo |
+5.0 |
Chiba |
Nabedane |
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Nihonkoku |
Junmai Ginjo |
+3.0 |
Niigata |
Taiyo |
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Dewatsuru Gin-Ippon |
Junmai Ginjo |
+4.0 |
Akita |
Akita |
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Kikumasamune Ginjo |
Junmai Ginjo |
+3.5 |
Nada,Hyogo |
Kikumasamune |
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Tamanohikari Yamahai |
Junmai Ginjo |
+1.0 |
Fushimi Kyoto |
Tamanohikari |
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Hakushiika Sennenju |
Junmai Ginjo |
+2.0 |
Hyogo |
Tatsuuma-Honke |
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Kaori |
Junmai Ginjo |
+3.0 |
Yamaguchi |
Yamagata |
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Koi No Kawa |
Junmai Ginjo |
+2.0 |
Yamagata |
Koinokawa |
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Yamadanishiki |
Junmai Ginjo |
+3.0 |
Nada,Hyogo |
Ozeki |
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Ryokan |
Junmai Ginjo |
+4.5 |
Niigata |
Minokawa |
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Masumi |
Junmai Ginjo |
+5.0 |
Nagato |
Miyasaka |
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Sho-Une |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
--- |
Nada,Hyogo |
Hakutsuru |
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Horin |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
--- |
Hyogo |
Gekkeikan |
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Sen'Menju |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+/-0.0 |
Hyogo |
Tatsuuma-Honke |
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Kubota Manjyu |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+2.0 |
Niigata |
Asahi |
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Kubota Hekijyu |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+2.0 |
Niigata |
Asahi |
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Dassai |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+4.0 |
Yamaguchi |
Asahi |
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Shochikubai Ginjo Antique |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+/-0.0 |
Nada,Hyogo |
Takara |
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Kanchiku |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+3.0 |
Nagano |
Totsuka |
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Nanbu Bijin |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+4.0 |
Iwate |
Nanbu Bijin |
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Kakunko |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+5.0 |
Ibaragi |
Sudohonke |
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Kikusui |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+5.0 |
Niigata |
Kikusui |
|
Sharaku |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+3.0 |
Fukushima |
Higashiyama |
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Tamanohikari |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+3.5 |
Fushimi Kyoto |
Tamanohikari |
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Urakasumi |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+2.0 |
Miyagi |
Saura |
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Mu |
Junmai Dai Ginjo |
+1.0 |
Hyogo |
Yaegaki |
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Koten |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
--- |
Yamagata |
Otokoyama |
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Hakushika |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
--- |
Hyogo |
Tatsuuma-Honke |
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Hakutaka |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
+2.5 |
Nada,Hyogo |
Hakutaka |
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Rihaku |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
+3.0 |
Shimane |
Rihaku |
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Shirakebegura |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
+2.0 |
Nada,Hyogo |
Takara |
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Suigei |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
+6.0 |
Kochi |
Suigei |
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Shochikubai Kinpaku Gold Flakes |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
+2.0 |
Nada,Hyogo |
Takara |
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Gold Tokubetu Jyunmai |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
+4.0 |
Hyogo |
Ozeki |
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Hakushika Kichizaemon |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
-1.0 |
Hyogo |
Tatsuuma-Honke |
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Itten |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
+6.0 |
Shimane |
Ishibashi |
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Kyono Homare |
Tokubetsu Junmai |
+3.0 |
Hyogo |
Kitagawa Honke |
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Karatanba |
Honjozo |
+7.0 |
Hyogo |
Ozeki |
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Hakkaisan Honjozo |
Honjozo |
+5.0 |
Niigata |
Hakkai |
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Kikusui No Karakuchi |
Honjozo |
+8.0 |
Niigata |
Kikusui |
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Haguro |
Honjozo |
+/-0.0 |
Yamagata |
Takenotsuyu |
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Nagaragawa |
Honjozo |
+8.0 |
Gifu |
Komachi |
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Michinoku Onigoroshi |
Honjozo |
+10.0 |
Miyagi |
Miyagi |
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Yuki No Matsushima |
Honjozo |
+20.0 |
Miyagi |
Miyagi |
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Madoka |
Honjozo |
+4.0 |
Yamanashi |
Sasaichi |
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Urakasumi |
Honjozo |
+2.0 |
Miyagi |
Saura |
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Kubota Senjyu |
Tokubetsu Honjozo |
+6.0 |
Niigata |
Asahi |
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Daishichi |
Kimoto |
+2.0 |
Fukushima |
Daishichi |
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Kurosawa |
Kimoto |
+2.0 |
Nagano |
Kurosawa |
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Shochikubai Organic Rice |
Junmai Ginjo-Draft |
+5.0 |
Berkeley, CA |
Takara Sake USA |
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Hakutsuru |
Junmai Draft |
--- |
Nada,Hyogo |
Hakutsuru |
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Kamotsuru Nama-Kakoi |
Junmai Draft |
+4.0 |
Hiroshima |
Kamotsuru |
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Gekkeikan |
Junmai Draft |
--- |
Hyogo |
Gekkeikan |
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Shochikubai Nama Sake |
Junmai Draft |
+5.0 |
Berkeley, CA |
Takara Sake USA |
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Shirayuki |
Junmai Draft |
+5.0 |
Hyogo |
Shirayuki |
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Shochikubai Nigori Mild |
Unfiltered |
-20.0 |
Berkeley, CA |
Takara Sake USA |
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Crème De Sake |
Unfiltered |
-20.0 |
Berkeley, CA |
Takara Sake USA |
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Gekkeikan Nigori |
Unfiltered |
-30.0 |
Hyogo |
Gekkeikan |
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Ozeki Nigori |
Unfiltered |
-20.0 |
Hyogo |
Ozeki |
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