AWARDS

Regardless of whether you receive an award or not,
we will provide you with judges' comments for all the entries (tasting, food pairing, design). In order to help you develop overseas sales channels in the future, we will provide you with a free product technical sheet (available in multiple languages, including Italian, English and Japanese) that has been automatically created based on the
detailed information you entered when you entered the competition.

Please make use of this to sell your products overseas.

1. All award-winning sake will receive a certificate of commendation.
2. Each sake brewery that wins the Magnifica award in the food pairing judging will receive the following as a commemorative gift.

- A 40kg wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (with the Sakagura’s logo printed on it) - For theCheese food pairing winner

- A special trophy for the San Daniele prosciutto award - For the Prosciutto food pairing winner

- The finest fresh truffles from Italy - For the truffle section winner

We will provide official promotional materials (award stickers and neck-hanging POPs) to help you expand sales of the award-winning sake, as well as electronic data of the award medals and logo data for the sake competition (available for
download from the website).

Regardless of whether you receive an award or not, we will provide you with a judge's
comment notebook (tasting and design categories) for all the brands you enter.

To help you develop overseas sales channels in the future, we will provide you with a product technical sheet (available in multiple languages, including Italian, English and Japanese) that we will automatically create based on the detailed information you entered when you entered the competition.

Please make use of this to sell your products overseas.

1.  All award-winning sake will receive a certificate of commendation.
2. To help expand sales of award-winning sake, we will provide official promotional materials (award stickers and neck-hanging POPs) and electronic data of the award medals and competition logo data (downloadable from the website) free of charge.

Please note that there are restrictions on the use.

We will provide official promotional materials (award stickers and neck-hanging POPs) to help you expand sales of the award-winning sake, as well as electronic data of the award medals and logo data for the sake competition (available for download from the website).

Each group of sake will receive the following awards.

🥇🥇🥇Platinum

🥇🥇Double Gold

🥇Gold

🥈Silver

All bottles will be arranged by group, and awards will be presented for the best design in each group.

Awards named "Best with XXX" will be presented to the sakes that pair with each of the five Italian dishes and dessert.

🥇Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese aged 24 months

🥇 San Daniele cured ham

🥇 Appetizer with 3 types of Italian truffles

🥇Pasta based dish

🥇Italian dessert

"Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese Special Award"

The session judges the pairing of three types of cheese aged for 12 months, 24 months, and 40 months with sake, and awards one brand for each.

"San Daniele Prosciutto Special Award"

The session judges the pairing of three different types of prosciutto (shank), centro (middle), and punta (tip) with sake, and award three brand for each.

The “Italian Truffle Award”

Two appetizers featuring three of Italy's finest truffles (summer truffles, spring white truffles, and winter black truffles) paired with sake, the first pairing item of the 2025 event.

From the three judging sessions mentioned above, only sakaguras that have been in production for less than 5 years will be eligible for the Best New Sakagura Award.

From the three judging sessions mentioned above, only sakaguras with production sites outside Japan will be eligible for the Best International Sakagura Award.