Shichiken Yama No Kasumi Sparkling Sake Gruner Veltliner Its saline lift and red

Its saline lift and red fruit brightness make it equally compelling alongside charcuterie and aged Comté

For purists

and burgers

intensely smoky and rich nose of tar

Shichiken Yama No Kasumi Sparkling Sake Gruner Veltliner Its saline lift and redFounded in 1750 at the foot of Mount Kaikoma in Yamanashi's Hakushu a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Shichiken uses some of Japan's purest water, filtered through 10 million year old granite, and only locally grown rice. Yama No Kasumi, meaning "mountain mist," is their flagship sparkling expression, inspired by the mists that adorn the nearby peak, with particles of rice dancing in the glass like droplets of snow. Produced via secondary bottle fermentation