"Shichiken" from Yamanashi Wins Top Sake Prize in France
Paris, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)--"Shichiken Hoshi no Kagayaki Sparkling," a Japanese sake brand of Yamanashi Meijo Co. in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, won the President's Award, the top prize, in the sake category at the 2026 Kura Master competition in France on Wednesday. The top prize in the honkaku-shochu and awamori spirits category went to "Mugishiru," a barley shochu brand made b...
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