About us
Meguri Sake Store exists so you can read a bottle of Japanese rice wine before you drink it. Wine has databases that track every producer and plot, and merchants who lean on them. We do the same for sake: our shelf is built on a brewery catalogue maintained with the breweries themselves, and we pass on what each maker wrote.
Where the data comes from
Bottle facts reach us through a licensed brewery catalogue API. A bottle appears here only while its brewery has both confirmed the content and agreed to be listed.
| Source | tarudb.com |
|---|---|
| API version | v1 · 2026-09-29 |
| Source language | ja |
| Refresh interval | about every 360 minutes |
| Supplied by the brewery | id, name, name_en, brewery, brewery_en, prefecture, stock_status, volume_ml, abv, sweetness, aroma_tags, tasting_note, awards, next_restock_date, retail_price_jpy |
| Set by us | price_cents, note, featured, cold_chain |
Our listing rules
- A bottle needs its brewery's consent before it goes up.
- Withdraw that consent and the bottle leaves our shelf at the next sync. We do not keep showing it.
- Bottles are sorted by name only. Placement is never sold.
- The catalogue carries no photography, so we set each label's name as type instead.
- The catalogue carries no prices. Every dollar figure here is ours.
- Names, regions and tasting notes arrive in Japanese. The English is our translation, shown next to the original.
- Stock can move between browsing and checkout, so we re-check every cart before taking an order.
Shipping, delivery and the legal bit
- Flat ¥800 per order, free over ¥15,000. Unpasteurised (nama) bottles ship cold at no extra cost.
- Prices exclude import duty and local tax, which the recipient pays.
- We do not sell to anyone under 20. We may ask to confirm your age when the parcel is handed over.
- Alcohol is not for anyone who is pregnant. Never drink and drive.
- This is a sample store. Nothing is sold, no payment is taken and nothing ships. Selling alcohol for real needs a licence in every destination.
| Domestic, ambient | 1–3 days · Standard domestic courier. Cannot carry bottles that need a cold chain. |
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| Domestic, chilled | 1–3 days · Kept cold all the way. The only option for unpasteurised bottles. |