Kidoizumi Shuzo

木戸泉酒造 Kidoizumi Shuzo
Kidoizumi Shuzo sake brewery — watercolor illustration
都道府県 Chiba Kanto (関東)
設立年 1879
水源 Sources water from wells in Isumi, Chiba prefecture, drawing on the Boso Peninsula's coastal aquifer system.

概要

Kidoizumi in Isumi, Chiba is a pioneer of natural sake and vintage aging. The brewery's high-temperature yamahai method, developed in the 1950s, creates robust starter cultures without commercial lactic acid. Their AFS (Aged Fermented Sake) series includes remarkable decades-old vintages. Kidoizumi helped inspire the modern natural wine movement's interest in sake.