JVS Imports: Japanese Whisky Beyond Convention
Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1997, JVS Imports began by bringing Eastern European wines to the United States before expanding into a globally focused spirits portfolio built around distinctive producers and long-term import relationships. This tasting spotlights two Japanese whiskies shaped by sherry cask influence: Ohishi’s rice-based whisky matured with sherry character layered into its profile, alongside Hakata’s 16-year-old barley whisky from Fukuoka, aged in sherry casks and bottled with an emphasis on extended maturation and regional identity. Together, these pours offer a look at how Japanese whisky producers and importers continue to blur familiar whisky conventions through alternative grain choices, cask management, and sourcing philosophies that remain a major point of discussion in the category today.
Ohishi Sherry Influence Japanese Whisky - $51.99
Hakata 16 Year Old Sherry Cask Aged Fukuoka 100% Barley Japanese Whisky - $149.99
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