Kagoshima, Japan
Certified
Uncertified
Type
Grower, Maker
Certified
Uncertified
Type
Grower, Maker
About
Shiraishi Shuzo crafts shochu that fully expresses the character of its ingredients, land, and native microorganisms. Using organically grown sweet potatoes from its own fields, terroir-driven cultivation, natural fermentation with no added yeast, and unfiltered production, the distillery minimizes intervention through traditional methods, groundwater, and long fermentation. The aim is not a standardized industrial product, but a spirit that directly reflects the land, soil, and crops.
Certifications
Uncertified
Contact Details
1-342 Minatomachi
Ichikikushikino,
899-2101
Kagoshima
Japan
Technical information
Spirit
This grower-maker farms some of it themselves and buys-in others.
- Information on what they farm
- Size of their farm: 5 (ha)
- Drink production dedicated : 100
- Everything is dry-farmed. Not irrigated.
- Everything is harvested manually.
- Information on what they buy in
- Everything is farmed organically and/or biodynamically.
- Everything is dry-farmed. Not irrigated
- Everything is harvested manually.
Average production of drink: 20000 (btl)
