Local News

The Nabeshima Daiginjo 2010, brewed by Fukuchiyo Shuzo of Kashima, Saga Prefecture, was named the Champion Sake in this year’s International Wine Challenge, an international competition for wines and sake in Great Britain, on September 6. Orders for the sake skyrocketed the day after the results were announced, and the company has only a few bottles left from this year’s production. The company will increase production by 10% next year, and is considering starting exports to Europe.