Meet the Maker: Taka Yamauchi of Huchu Homare Sake Brewery

This is a rare chance to try the whole Watari Bune line with 7th generation president Takaaki "Taka" Yamauchi of Huchu Homare Brewery as your guide. It was Yamauchi who single-handedly revived this sake rice that was extinct for 70 years. After cultivating just 14 grams of seeds for three years, he harvested enough Watari Bune to make his first sake with this special rice in 1992. 

We will serve Watari Bune Junmai Ginjo sake, Watari Bune Junmai Daiginjo sake, and Watari Bune shochu to truly enjoy the breadth and potential of this rice. We will also pour Yamauchi-san's Taiheikai Tokubetsu Junmai sake, a favorite on our shelf since 2014.

This Saturday afternoon event will feature a flight of three sakes and one shochu. Don't miss the raffle, where you can win awesome Huchu Homare swag!

Meet Yamauchi-san and chat about his sakes and Watari Bune rice.

About the sakes and shochu:

Watari Bune Liquid Gold Junmai Daiginjo Sake is an complex, layered sake that uses Watari Bune rice that has been polished down to 35%. Enjoy notes of melon, and peaches.

Wataribune "The 55" Junmai Ginjo Sake fruit-forward, juicy junmai ginjo with aromas of pineapple, melon, and banana with a minerality in its flavor. 

Taiheikai Tokubetsu Junmai Sake is a long-time staff and member favorite. This juicy little number is so chock-full of cantaloupe and peach, you'll wish it were hotter out for this thirst-quencher! We call this the “tropical sake” because it tastes like Hawaiian pineapples. 

Watari Bune Rice Shochu is a vacuum-distilled shochu made from Watari Bune rice. Creamy with a crisp acidity, savor notes of grapefruit, rice, and honey.

WHAT: Meet the Maker: Taka Yamauchi of Huchu Homare Sake Brewery
Explore the whole line up of sake + shochu from Huchu Homare using the revived rice, Watari Bune

WHEN: Saturday May 9, 5-7pm

WHERE: Umami Mart Bar
4027 Broadway, Oakland CA 94611

ADMISSION: Open to the public! First come, first serve. Flights are $45 for three sakes and one shochu. 21+ only.