Sasayaki - Smooth as a whisper

Born in 1972 in the prefecture of Saitama, Souki Abe completed his studies in London and started his career in Tokyo at Societe Generale, a French brokerage company. His interests were divided between the Financial sector and wine production and sales. His profound admiration for the wine artistry, got him to taste up to 1,000 bottles a year. In 2009, in Echizenhama (Prefecture of Niigata), between mount Kakuta and the Sea of Japan, he started growing grapes with little to no pesticides. He then transformed those grapes into natural wines with a simple and kind taste and opened the company Escargot. During this period, he got fascinated by distilling and trained at Romano Levi, the oldest distillery in Italy, to become an expert in the matter. The love for wine soon lead to a new love and he has been producing Whisky for over a decade. His Whisky was very well received among his customers, so he decided to invest further and opened the Dewa Joyujo Distillery and Company in Ogumi. Together with his long-time friend Takayasu Ichioka and his Italian partner Vladi Dukcevich of T.I.Trading, Souki Abe created Sasayaki. Today, Dewa Joryujo Co. Ltd. and T.I.Trading are proud to present their Whisper in the form of Whisky.