Range: Sake, liqueur and whisky from Japan for hospitality and retail

Eastern Essence Trading offers a curated range of alcoholic beverages from Asia for trade customers in Switzerland.

The focus is on Japan, complemented by sake from a Swiss brewery. We agree terms, quantities and availability with each business in direct conversation.


Product categories

Sake: Rice wine made from fermented rice, koji and water. The range includes Junmai, Junmai Ginjo and Junmai Daiginjo, Honjozo, Ginjo and Daiginjo, sake brewed using the Kimoto and Yamahai methods, undiluted Genshu, unpasteurised Nama sake, Nigori, Taruzake matured in cedar casks and sparkling sake.

Liqueurs and flavoured alcoholic beverages: Beverages from Japanese breweries and distilleries, including ume, yuzu, jabara, mandarin, kabosu, peach, strawberry, cherry blossom, matcha, hojicha, black tea and aka shiso.

Japanese whisky: Blended and single malt whisky from distilleries in Tottori, Fukushima and Aichi prefectures.

Origin

Japan: Breweries and distilleries from Hokkaido to Kyushu, including the prefectures of Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Niigata, Ishikawa, Fukui, Gifu, Nagasaki, Saga, Osaka, Tottori, Shimane and Okayama.

Switzerland: Sake from the YamaSake brewery in Knonau ZH, including varieties with tea from Taiwan, as well as a vodka with a sake note made in Zurich.

United States: one sake from the Californian brewery of the Takara group.

Breweries we work with directly

  • Kinokawa, Isahaya (Nagasaki Prefecture) – sake
  • Rikyugura, Sakai (Osaka Prefecture) – sake and tea liqueur
  • Sachihime, Kashima (Saga Prefecture) – sake and umeshu
  • Yasufuku Matashirou Shouten, Kobe (Hyogo Prefecture) – sake
  • YamaSake, Knonau (Canton of Zurich) – sake from Switzerland

For hospitality and retail

For every item we provide a product dossier covering origin, production method, alcohol content, ingredients and allergens.

We supply alcoholic beverages to trade customers only. Private individuals are referred to asiadrinks.ch, our platform for consumers (in preparation).