Who doesn’t love a good, tasty drink at sundown ? It becomes even more interesting if that drink happens to be a traditional Japanese wine!
Known as Umeshu, this Japanese wine is a sweet-sour flavoured booze made from the best and raw ‘ume’ plums from Japan. Umeshu is now available in India in three distinct and delicious flavours viz., Kishu’s Yuzu plum wine, Nakano Umeshu, and Kishu Umeshu Beninanko.
Umeshu, a fruit liqueur comprising 35% white liquor and around 20% alcohol, is among Japan’s most well-known and loved beverages and is slowly building a loyal community of fans across the world. Umeshu is not just a perfect drink to round-off your evening meals or even a leisurely afternoon, it also offers a host of health-benefits. It is rich in citric acid and antioxidants. Over 300 types of Umeshu flavours exist in Japan. Umeshu has a fruity aroma and sweet taste, targeting millennial generation women as the main target.
Umeshu has sweeter and very unique aromas, which might be preferred by many in India. One of the brands is called Beninanko Umeshu, which won the first Grand Prix at Japan’s largest Umeshu contest, where they compete to be the best Umeshu in Japan. Umeshu might be replacement of dessert wine or Champagne for aperitif.