Sake from Japan's Yamaguchi wins at International Wine Challenge contest

Tenbi Junmai Ginjo Hotaten, a sake product from Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture, has won the highest award in the rice-wine category at the International Wine Challenge, organizers said Tuesday.The Tenbi variety, produced by Choshu Sake Brewery Corp. in Shimonoseki in the western Japan prefecture, was declared the Champion Sake, they said.Susumu Okamoto, the company's president, said he was "surprised" and "very happy to receive the historic award," expressing hope it would help to spread Japanese culture.The winner in the Japanese sake category launched in 2007 was chosen among 1,738 entries …READ FULL ARTICLE