Entries for the 2023 Oriental Sake Competition, Asia’s largest international sake competition, have begun! ｜Press Release of Hong Kong Sake Traders Association
Oriental Sake Award (OSA)
The 2nd Oriental Sake Awards (OSA) is Asia’s largest sake competition.
Hong Kong is one of the leading sake markets in the world, and the inaugural OSA is one of the largest sake markets in Asia, with the Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong, JETRO Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Japanese Cuisine Association, becoming a Japanese sake competition.
2023 will be held in Hong Kong from August 15th to 16th. The chairman of the executive committee and sake samurai Chen Meiqi, the president of the sake exporters association Haruo Matsuzaki, Kenji Ichishima and other multinational sake experts gathered in Hong Kong to fairly judge the wines that have been exported and are in the right place. Sake served at temperature for blind tasting.
Our goal is to select sake that is popular in the Asian market, the largest market for Japanese sake, and to help develop the Asian market.
A department dedicated to Hong Kong’s unique Asian market tastes
In Hong Kong, refrigerated transportation of sake was established, and various flavors of sake were distributed.
At OSA, we have set categories that match the tastes of the Asian market, and according to categories, such as junmai daiginjo, we have set “tanrei” and “mellow” categories. In addition, taking advantage of the established location of refrigerated shipping, we have also established a “raw sake” division, which is very popular in Asia.
The departments are as follows.
1. Junmai Daiginjo/ Junmai Ginjo (tanrei)
2. Junmai Daiginjo/ Junmai Ginjo (Mellow)
3. Daiginjo/ Ginjo (tanrei)
4. Daiginjo/Ginjo (mellow)
5. Ben Brewing
6. Pure rice wine (rich and mellow)
7. Pure rice wine (Danli)
8. sparkle
9. Sake
The evaluation adopts a scoring system with a full score of 100 points, and the “Gold Award”, “Silver Award” and “Bronze Award” are selected according to the scores.
The product with the highest score in each category will become the “category champion sake”, and OSA’s “Sake of the Year” will be selected from the nine category champion sakes.
schedule
Please refer to the following websites for entry requirements.
https://www.orientalsakeawards.com/
Recruitment period: March 20th to May 15th, 2023
Review time: August 15-16, 2023
Announcement of results: September 2023
・After the end of OSA, we will promote the products that have entered at restaurants in Hong Kong, etc., and continue activities that will contribute to the further popularization of sake in Hong Kong.
・The award ceremony will be announced later.
(Executive Committee Overview)
Location: Rm503, 5/F, Mary Building, 71-77 Peking Road, Hong Kong
Representative: Micky Chan
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Onodera (Japan)
Email: on*****@fj**.hk
Tel: 070-8388-5962
Ms. Judy Fong (Hong Kong)
Email: os*@fj**.hk
