【Breaking News】NIIZAWA SAKE BREWERY Wins IWC “Sake Brewer of the Year” for the Third Year in a Row!

NIIZAWA SAKE BREWERY Named World’s Best Sake Brewery for Three Consecutive Years!
We are proud to offer products from this esteemed brewery.

On July 10, 2024, the prestigious “International Wine Challenge (IWC) 2024” announced its top awards in the SAKE category, including the coveted “Champion Sake.”

Among the winners, NIIZAWA SAKE BREWERY, the brewer of HAKURAKUSEI, ATAGO NO MATSU, ZANKYO, and REIKYO, has been awarded “Sake Brewer of the Year” for the third consecutive year in 2022, 2023, and now 2024!

Watch the Winning Moment Here!

What is IWC?

The International Wine Challenge (IWC) is one of the world’s most prestigious blind tasting competitions, established in 1984 and held annually in London.

The SAKE category, introduced in 2007, has grown exponentially and is now the largest and most influential Japanese sake competition held outside of Japan.

The 2024 SAKE category is divided into ten categories: “Futsu-shu,” “Junmai,” “Junmai Ginjo,” “Junmai Daiginjo,” “Honjozo,” Ginjo,” “Daiginjo,” “Sparkling,” “Koshu,” and “Aged.”

This year, 1,504 entries were submitted, and 93 were awarded gold medals through blind tasting.

The “Sake Brewer of the Year” award given to NIIZAWA SAKE BREWERY is presented to the brewery whose entries receive the highest overall evaluations.

NIIZAWA SAKE BREWERY’s Glod Medal Sake🎖️

Here are the 12 products from NIIZAWA SAKE BREWERY that won Gold Medals:

【Junmai-shu Category】

ATAGO NO MATSU Special Junmai Hiyaoroshi

【Junmai Ginjo-shu Category】

HAKURAKUSEI Junmai Daiginjo “HIKARI” Kuranohana 15%
ZANKYO Junmai Daiginjo Super 7 2021
ZANKYO Junmai Daiginjo Super 7 2022
NIIZAWA 2021
NIIZAWA 2022
NIIZAWA KIZASHI 2021
NIIZAWA KIZASHI 2023

【Honjozo-shu Category】

ATAGO NO MATSU Honjozo Limited to the Prefecture

【Aged Category】

ZANKYO Junmai Daiginjo Super 7 2020
NIIZAWA 2020
NIIZAWA KIZASHI 2019

For a full list of the Gold Medal and Trophy-winning sakes announced last month, please visit the official IWC website.

Congratulations to all the winners!