Gunma Izumi Yamahai Honjozo Sauvignon Blanc Georgia's most widely planted white

Georgia's most widely planted white grape

with smaller portions of catarratto

Instead of a clean press and reductive handling

resulting in a sake that remains versatile at the table

The grapes are organically farmed

Gunma Izumi Yamahai Honjozo Sauvignon Blanc Georgia's most widely planted whiteGunma Izumi yamahai honjozo comes from Shimazaki Shuzo, a small traditional brewery in Gunma Prefecture known for producing sake in a more old fashioned and labor intensive style. The brewery has built a reputation around yamahai fermentation, a historic method that relies on naturally developing lactic acid in the starter rather than adding it directly. While more time consuming and difficult to manage, yamahai often produces sake with greater