(Location: Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture; President: Takashi Migita; hereinafter “Migita Honten”), the oldest sake brewery in Shimane Prefecture, has won its first Silver awards at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2024 held in the United Kingdom, (Location: Shimane, Japan; President: Takashi Masuda; hereinafter “Migita Honten”) was awarded a “Silver” for Migita Blended Whiskey Bourbon Style and Migita Pure Malt Whiskey Standard at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2024 held in the United Kingdom.
We are encouraged to follow up on our category winner at the WORLD WHISKIES AWARDS in February 2024 and the Gold at the International Spirits Challenge in May of the same year. We are encouraged by the success of the Gold Award at the International Spirits Challenge held in May of the same year.
We will continue to produce sake that can only be made in Shimane Prefecture in order to promote Shimane Prefecture.
We will continue to make sake that can only be made in Shimane Prefecture, and we will work even harder and more diligently than before for the further development and improvement of Shimane Prefecture.
Four other products were also recognized and awarded from among whiskeys from around the world.
We are pleased that all Uda whiskeys received high evaluations in their first entry.
Bronze Award
Uda Blended Whisky Standard
Uda Blended Whisky Sherry Cask
Uda Blended Whiskey Mizunara
Uda Pure Malt Whisky Premium
1. about the awards
The IWSC was founded in England in 1969 by Anton Mussell, a viticulturist and wine researcher, to improve the quality and expand the market for alcoholic beverages.
The IWSC judges are divided into categories for each product, including wines, spirits, whiskey, and liqueurs from around the world.
The competition is judged on quality and taste by a panel of distinguished judges from around the world in blind tastings, and selection is based on chemical analysis.
Award-winning products
Silver Awarded Products
Uda Blended Whiskey Bourbon Style
Capacity: 700ml
Ingredients: Malt and grain
Alcohol content: 43%.
Matured in new white oak barrels.
Charring the inside enhances sweet flavors such as vanilla aroma and caramel.
A rich, full-bodied whiskey with an easy-drinking, mellow taste.
It is a gem covered with the complex flavor and aroma typical of bourbon.
This product is sold only in Shimane Prefecture.
Uda Pure Malt Whiskey Standard
Volume: 700ml
Ingredients: Malt
Alcohol content: 43%.
Only carefully selected malt whiskey aged for more than three years is used.
The whiskey matured in oak barrels has an elegant and rich malt aroma with vanilla and honey-like flavors.
Enjoy its smooth and lustrous mouthfeel and gorgeous fruity flavor.
This product is sold only in Shimane Prefecture. 3.
The challenge of Uda Honten, the oldest sake brewery in Shimane Prefecture, the birthplace of sake
The company started sake brewing in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, focusing on the clean spring water and fruitful climate of Masuda City.
Since then, sake brewing has continued uninterrupted for more than 400 years, and we have been producing sake with an emphasis on quality and tradition.
Urita Honten is proud to be the oldest sake brewery in Shimane Prefecture, which is said to be the birthplace of sake, and has a philosophy of “inheriting and evolving tradition.
We have used the techniques cultivated in sake brewing to produce whiskey, and have created a whiskey with different flavors and a mellow mouthfeel for each product.
We will continue to take on new challenges while preserving our traditions, and we will do our utmost to ensure that our whiskey is “delicious” when people actually taste it.
We hope that many people will experience the traditions and techniques we have cherished through our sake.