Happoseiseishu Shuwashuwa

Kamikokoro Shuzo, founded in 1913 in Asakuchi City, Okayama Prefecture, has built its modern reputation on gentle, rice-forward sake and an innovative sparkling category. The Shuwashuwa ('bubble-bubble' in Japanese onomatopoeia) is a junmai sparkling sake fermented with white peach yeast, a cultivar unique to Okayama Prefecture, and undergoes secondary fermentation in the bottle to develop its natural carbonation. Polished to 70% and bottled at approximately 5% alcohol, it is deliberately low-alcohol and highly approachable, earning the Highest Gold Award at the Wine Glass for Delicious Sake competition in 2021 as well as Gold at the same competition in 2019 and 2020. The use of regional peach yeast, a signature of Okayama's fruit-producing terroir, distinguishes Kamikokoro's sparkling style from other effervescent sake producers in Japan.