Wine Meow Watch News 2021/04/07

There is no Japanese sake brewing in Tadami-cho, Fukushima Prefecture, and the domestic market is shrinking. Why does Shochuzo have to obtain a sake brewing license across the border?

The town is located in the westernmost part of Fukushima Prefecture, adjacent to Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture. In addition to a homestay, やまかのうや, which makes どぶろく turbid sake, there is only ねっか of the Rice Cooking Shochu Manufacturing Association, which was established in 2016.ねっか is a dialect that means "まったく" and "ぜんぜん". When it is used to emphasize a sense of positivity, it is not only the name of the name but also the name of the company. Since its launch in April 2017, ねっか has also won several international competition awards. The number of times that distributors in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and other places ask, "Have you made Japanese sake?" idea.

However, the general sake manufacturing license is subject to a production threshold of 60,000 liters per year. However, in response to the trend of Japanese food abroad and the rising demand for Japanese sake, the Japanese government made a change in the liquor tax law. In December 2019, the "Exemption for Sake Manufacturing for Export" was newly established. This license is specially used to brew sake for export. Applications open on April 1, 2021. Kazuhiro Wakisaka, the representative member of the company, also applied to the Tajima Tax Office (governing Minami Aizu County) on 4/1.

Original news: Fukushima's 锵人, 焼酎zo りの経験生かし「World を酔わすJapanese sake を」…The revision of the liquor tax law is incorporated into しやすく

Export support! 830 Japanese alcohol-producing companies are listed on the list of exporting origins

In November 2020, the Japanese government released the "Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Foodstuffs Export Strategy", which set a target of 5 trillion yen for the export of agricultural, forestry, aquatic products and food by 2030. As one of the supporting measures, in February 2021 23 categories of products such as beef and apples were announced as key export items. This time, 4 items including Japanese sake were added, bringing the total to 27 categories.

The export target of Japanese sake is set to reach 2.5 times that of 2020 by 2025, which is equivalent to 60 billion yen.

In the new version of the list of export origins published on April 1, 2021, there are 830 new liquor companies, including Japanese sake (611 companies in 45 prefectures), and shochu. Awamori (186 companies), whisky (33 companies). In addition to developing overseas sales channels, it will also promote measures to strengthen the production system to increase exports.

Original news: Liquor export promotion company 830 selected Prime Minister Suga "Original support"

Agricultural regeneration and environmental preservation have both! Wine brewed with 100% renewable energy

Inoue Brewery, located in Ashgarage-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture, makes Japanese sake "Tuiru". It is an edible rice variety called キヌヒカリ that uses electricity generated by おひるねみかん智 electricity and solar panels without the use of pesticides and herbicides. The 330 kg of rice produced is brewed.

The inscription "Tuishu" is named after the idea proposed by the agricultural administrator Ninomiya Juntoku from Ashgarage-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture, which means that the remaining profits will be used for the next generation. society.

「おひるねみかん険 Electricity Plant」 is a solar sharing type power plant using abandoned land for farming, with a power generation capacity of 50.3kW. While generating solar power, rice is also grown under the power generation panel. The generated electricity enters the electrical retail terminal "みんな Electricity", which is managed by the P2P power tracking system developed by blockchain technology, which matches the renewable energy producers and the electricity purchasers, so it can prove the origin of the purchased electricity. Inoue Brewery then purchases the electricity generated by the power generation, thus proving that this is the world's first sake made with 100% renewable energy.

Original news: 【みんな Electric Power】みんな Electric Power を通じて, Farming Abandoned Ground を Utilization したソーラーシェアリング Japanese Sake "Tsuki" was born!