We are a liquor wholesaler specializing in rare local sake, local shochu, and domestic whiskey.
We have two sales channels.
The first is domestic retailers, hotels, Japanese restaurants, and other professionals.
Next, through our export business, we serve restaurants and trading companies all over the world.
Our job is to help professionals enhance their cooking by proposing sake and food pairings and assisting with sales promotion activities.
Conversely, it is impossible for a single brand of sake to enhance every dish.
For this reason, matching sake with food is extremely important.
Furthermore, sake is known as a drink to be enjoyed with meals, and its true qualities are only revealed when it complements the food.
[Pairing Sake with Food]
Sake is a drink to be enjoyed with food, and it also plays a role in enhancing the flavor of the food.
To achieve this, matching it with food is essential.
"Combining organic acids" is the simplest matching method.
Some sake brands contain high amounts of succinic acid, which is found in bivalve shellfish such as clams.
Drinking a brand with a prominent succinic acid content with clams will double the flavor of both the food and the sake.
Cucumbers and other gourd family vegetables contain a lot of isoamyl acetate.
Some sake brands feature a strong isoamyl acetate.
Tomatoes, daikon radishes, and bell peppers contain isobutyl acetate, and similarly, some sake brands have aromas similar to bananas or pears.
Pairing these ingredients with sake brands can enhance the flavor of the food.
In addition to the above, there are many other organic acids, such as citric acid, malic acid, gluconic acid, and pyruvic acid.
[Hosting a Brewery Gathering at a Hotel or Restaurant]
What the manufacturer tells you will vary depending on the brewery.
The information they want to share with you will be even more different between handmade sake makers and machine-produced sake makers.
To ensure that our products are enjoyed, sake breweries place great importance on connecting with our customers.
They also participate in events where we share information to ensure a delicious drinking experience.
[Overseas Promotional Activities]
We strive to convey the deliciousness of sake to even first-time sake drinkers.
Our promotional activities take three approaches.
We communicate the true merits of sake to retailers, hotels and restaurants, and consumers.
We work together with you to develop the market.
1. Participate in tasting exhibitions, etc.
2. Host a gathering with sake brewers at IZAKAYA Restaurant
3. Hold a sake and food matching event for consumers
FY2025 Promotional Results
Our goal is to hear from people all over the world, "I can buy with confidence from Minato."
This is the most heartwarming thing we hear.
We work behind the scenes in the retail and hotel/restaurant industries, so we never take center stage, but as professional liquor distributors, we believe it is our mission to ensure that the deliciousness and culture of sake is passed on smoothly to the next generation.
We will do our utmost to continue to be a bridge connecting breweries across the country with chefs and consumers around the world.
Minato Liquor Supply will continue to take on endless challenges to make this dream a reality.
