AWARDS

Privileges for sake brewers and exhibitors

Sake

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).

Shōchū and Awamori

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).

"SAKE TASTING", "DESIGN" and "FOOD PAIRING" AWARDS

SAKE TASTING SESSON

Each group of sake will receive the following awards.

🥇🥇🥇Platinum

🥇🥇Double Gold

🥇Gold

🥈Silver

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DESIGN SESSION

All bottle designs are evaluated together, and a Design Award is presented in each category: the Sake category and the Shōchū & Awamori category.

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Shōchū and Awamori Tasting

The following awards are given to entries in each category:

🥇🥇🥇 Platinum
🥇🥇 Double Gold
🥇 Gold
🥈 Silver

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Best Food Pairing

A “Best Food Pairing” award is given for each of the five selected Italian dishes and desserts:

🥇 24-month aged Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
🥇 San Daniele prosciutto
🥇 Antipasto with three types of Italian truffles
🥇 One pasta dish
🥇 One Italian dessert

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"FOOD PAIRING SPECIAL" AWARD

2023

"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.

2024

"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.

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2025

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.

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BEST INTERNATIONAL SAKAGURA AWARD

Feel free to use the official Milano Sake Challenge logo for catalogs and PR purposes.

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Best International Sakagura

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

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Check 「MILANO SAKE CHALLENGE 2025」 results

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Regarding Orders for Award Medals and Neck Hangers

Award medal neck hangers, stickers, and other POP materials are produced and arranged by the Sake Culture Research Institute.
Details will be provided directly to the award-winning breweries by the Sake Culture Research Institute. For any questions, please contact the Sake Culture Research Institute.

Contact for inquiries regarding sales of award medal neck hangers and sticker POPs:

Sake Culture Research Institute
https://sakebunka.co.jp/
Contact person: Toshiaki Yamada
Phone: 080-3918-0453