Karuizawa distillery
Karuizawa distillery (軽井沢蒸溜所, Karuizawa jōryūsho) was a Japanese whisky distillery. It was located at Miyota, a town on the southern slopes of an active complex volcano, Mount Asama, in Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]
![]() The former distillery building, 2011 | |
Region: Japan | |
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Location | Maseguchi 1795-2, Miyota-machi, Kita-Sakugun, Nagano Prefecture |
Coordinates | 36°19′22″N 138°30′24″E |
Owner | Mercian Corporation |
Founded | 1955 |
Status | Closed |
No. of stills | 4 pot stills |
Mothballed | 2000 |
Established in 1955, the distillery began production in 1956.[3] It was owned by Mercian Corporation,[1] and was the smallest in Japan.[3] It was mothballed in 2000, and closed in 2011; the land on which it had stood was sold in 2012.[3] The remaining whiskey stock from the distillery was purchased and re-branded, then released as a series of luxury whiskies. The rarest of these is the 1960 vintage, which is on sale at US$638,000 per bottle.[4]
References
- "Karuizawa Distillery". WHISKY Magazine Japan. WHISKY Magazine Japan. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- "Karuizawa Distillery". Diffordsguide.com website. odd firm of sin. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- "Karuizawa". Whisky for Everyone website. Whisky for Everyone. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- "Where to buy the rarest whiskies off the rack in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
External links
Media related to Musee d'art Mercian Karuizawa at Wikimedia Commons
- Karuizawa Distillery – Learn About the Karuizawa Distillery
This article is based upon a translation of the French language version as at June 2014.