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  • Dassai “45” Junmai Daiginjo with a large glass Dassai “45”

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    Dassai - 45
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    • Melon
    • Apple

    $35.00

  • Dassai “39” Junmai Daiginjo with a wine glass, served with cheese and fruits Dassai “39”

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    Dassai - 39
    • Flower
    • Melon

    $49.00

  • Born “Gold” Junmai Daiginjo with a wine glass, served with fruits Born “Gold”

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    Born - Gold
    • Apple
    • Peach

    $43.00

  • Homare “Strawberry” Nigori flavored nigori with a champagne flute Homare “Strawberry” Nigori

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    Flavored

    $19.00

  • Dassai “23” Junmai Daiginjo with a wine glass, served withcreamy shrimp pasta Dassai “23”

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    Dassai - 23
    • Flower
    • Melon
    • Honey

    $98.00

  • Dassai Blue “50” with a soap Dassai Blue “50”

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    Fruity & Elegant

    Dassai Blue - 50
    • Melon
    • Pineapple
    • Citrus

    $32.00

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Palate Project began with a simple belief: great taste transcends cultures

In the U.S., long and complex alcohol supply chains often raise prices and compromise quality before sake reaches drinkers. We work directly with Japanese breweries to bring it closer to its true taste.

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Meet the breweries

The people and places behind the sake we love

  • Rokka Brewing Company

    Tracing its roots to 1719 in Hirosaki, Aomori prefecture, Rokka Brewing Company expresses the Tsugaru region’s “joppari” spirit. Its modern Torai brand pairs local rice, Mount Iwaki spring water and Shirakami lactic acid bacteria for a true Aomori terroir.

    • Location Aomori prefecture
    • Founded 1719
    • Known for Creating Aomori’s true terroir
    • Popular choice Torai - Monkey
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    Tomonobu Oose, sales manager

    Aomori prefecture

  • DASSAI Inc.

    Formerly known as Asahi Shuzo Co., DASSAI Inc. is a Yamaguchi-based brewery that crafts only junmai daiginjo. Reborn from near-bankruptcy, it pairs hand-washed rice with data-driven precision, expanding from rural Japan to New York and even space.

    • Location Yamaguchi prefecture
    • Founded 1770
    • Known for World-renowned junmai daiginjo pioneer
    • Popular choice Dassai - 45
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    Kazuhiro Sakurai, president

    Yamaguchi prefecture

  • Gotemba Ishikawa Brewing Company

    Born in 2024 at the foot of Mount Fuji, Gotemba Ishikawa Brewing Company is one of Japan’s newest sake breweries. Founded by a Shizuoka restaurant group, it crafts all-Gotemba sake from local Koshihikari rice and century-old snowmelt water.

    • Location Shizuoka prefecture
    • Founded 1926
    • Known for Mount Fuji snowmelt water
    • Popular choice Sakae - Junmai Daiginjo
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    Masahiko Uemura, brewmaster

    Shizuoka prefecture