ENTER•Sake Black

Honjozo

Bottle Size: 180ml Cup, 720ml Bottle, 1.8L Bottle
Rice Polishing: 65%
Alcohol: 15%

Tasting Notes:

A clean pure style of sake, with white mountain flowers on the nose. It has a wonderful clean and soft silky texture. The cleansing acidity also provides good structure and there is a subtle fruitiness with hints of mango, peach and pineapple.

Sekiya Brewery Co. Established 1864

Sekiya Brewery is in Kitashitara-gun located in a mountain valley pass in the Japanese Alps between Nagoya and Nagano.  For hundred of years the town was a waypoint and resting place for travelers between the two cities.  Sekiya Brewery was established because of the abundance of clean water from the mountains to make sake and the thirsty travelers crossing the mountains.  Now it is a state-of-the-art sake brewery with a tasting room and sake-focused restaurant built out of an ancient farmhouse in Nagoya.

CRAFT SAKE CUP RENAISSANCE

Sake packaged in single-serving 180ml, ready-to-drink cups have been part of Japanese pop culture since they were introduced for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Until recently, sake cups normally contained mass-produced, inexpensive sake to be sold at convenience stores in Japan. Sake brewers are now producing cup sake with premium sake in order to provide high-quality single serving sake for consumers and restaurants. Often these cups come with colorful, playful labels similar to craft beer in the USA. Now even in New York and San Francisco there are sake bars devoted to serving sake cups. We are proud to offer our ENTER.Sake Black in cups, so our fans can enjoy sake wherever and whenever they’d like. Kampai.

Note: ENTER.Sake Black Dot and Black are the same product.

ENTER•Sake Silver

Junmai Ginjo

Bottle Size: 720ml
Rice Polishing: 55%
Alcohol: 14.9%

Tasting Notes:

ENTER.Sake Silver is an aromatic Ginjo sake with honeysuckle on the nose and floral notes of cherry blossoms. Has good weight on the palate with notes of mango, Asian pear, and honeydew melon. Finishes clean and smooth.

Sekiya Brewery Co. Established 1864

Sekiya Brewery is in Kitashitara-gun located in a mountain valley pass in the Japanese Alps between Nagoya and Nagano.  For hundred of years the town was a waypoint and resting place for travelers between the two cities.  Sekiya Brewery was established because of the abundance of clean water from the mountains to make sake and the thirsty travelers crossing the mountains.  Now it is a state-of-the-art sake brewery with a tasting room and sake-focused restaurant built out of an Meiji-era farmhouse in Nagoya.

ENTER•Sake Gold

Junmai DAiGinjo

Bottle Size: 720ml
Rice Polishing: 50%
Alcohol: 14.9%

Tasting Notes:

This is the flagship of our core ENTER.Sake line.  It has notes of melon, peach, and chrysanthemum on the palate and ends in a beautiful, bright, crisp finish.  The supple body of this sake originates from the pure mountain water, filtered through the Japanese Alps. 

Sekiya Brewery Co. Established 1864

Sekiya Brewery is in Kitashitara-gun located in a mountain valley pass in the Japanese Alps between Nagoya and Nagano.  For hundred of years the town was a waypoint and resting place for travelers between the two cities.  Sekiya Brewery was established because of the abundance of clean water from the mountains to make sake and the thirsty travelers crossing the mountains.  Now it is a state-of-the-art sake brewery with a tasting room and sake-focused restaurant built out of an Meiji-era farmhouse in Nagoya.

ENTER.SAke Heiwa

Junmai

Bottle Sizes: 720ml, 1.8L
Koji Rice: Gohyakumangoku 50% Polished
Sake Rice: Ippanmai - 60% Polished
Alcohol: 14.5%

Tasting Notes:

Notes of melon, peach, pear, and white pepper.  This sake has a soft and clean mouth feel with refreshing acid and character.

Heiwa Shuzuo Co. Established 1928

The brewery was named “Heiwa,” or peace for their desire for world peace after the destruction of World War II.  Built inside and around a 500-year-old temple in scenic Wakayama, the brewery is surrounded by mountains and abundant natural spring water.  Heiwa Brewery is also famous for fruit infused sake made from plums, tangerines, and yuzu grown in their own orchards in the surrounding hillsides.

ENTER.SAke Sookuu

Junmai

Bottle Sizes: 500 ml
Rice: Miyama Nishiki - 60% Polished
Alcohol: 15.5%

Tasting Notes:

This weighty sake is made with clear spring water. On the palate it has clean fleshy rice notes tinged with sweet Asian pear. It has exceptional mouthfeel with a silky weight and texture. It has an umami finish with lingering acidity. It pairs well with grilled meat, fish, or savory dishes.

Fujioka Shuzo Established 1902

Fujioka Shuzo is an incredibly small brewery with Fujioka-san personally overseeing each step of the labor and time intensive process to produce a truly handmade sake.  In 2002, 5th generation Masaaki Fujioka re-opened the brewery establishing the new Sake brand “SOOKUU” aiming to brew a Sake with its taste reflecting a gentle clear blue sky.  Fushimi is nationally known in Japan for its refined water that gives SOOKUU its distinctive silky taste. 

ENTER.SAke Harukasumi

Junmai Ginjo

Bottle Sizes: 720 ml
Rice: Misato Nishiki - 55% Polished
Alcohol: 16%

Tasting Notes:

Lively on the palate with fresh notes of apple, starfruit, and melon. The sake has gentle acidity and tartness that makes it the perfect companion for food.

Kuribayashi Brewery Established 1874

Sake from the land of snow.  Harukasumi sake is famous for its delicate spring water that makes beautiful exquisite sake. In winter, the area around the brewery is blanketed with immense snowfall. During the spring thaw the snow pack melts into harukasumi or “spring mist.” The pure snow melt feeds the local springs that give the brewery source water its famous taste.

Junmai DAiginjo

Bottle Sizes: 720ml
Rice: Yamada Nishiki - 50% Polished
Alcohol: 16%

Tasting Notes:

This sake is rich, fleshy sake with a nose of honeysuckle and lemon pith followed by white peach, ripe pear, and winter melon on the palate.  It is slightly effervescent and lively on the tongue.  It has an incredibly long finish and pairs well with grilled meat or perfect just by itself.

MATSUMOTO SAKE BREWING CO. Established 1791

With a venerable history dating back to the Edo era, Matsumoto is one of the oldest sake breweries in Kyoto and has been designated as a National Heritage site by the Japanese Government.  They have been making only junmai-shu (sake with no added alcohol) at the same location for over two hundred years.

SHUHARI

The brand name “SHUHARI” comes from three distinct Japanese characters that relate to Matsumoto’s long legacy as a sake brewer:  SHU – to protect their existing tradition, HA – to continue to break new ground in sake brewing, and finally RI – to separate and create a new taste of sake for the next generation.