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Kura Master: Selected Results from the 2024 Competitions
Updated 7 November 2026 · Originally published: 2024-10-07
Kura Master has held a sake competition in France since 2017, with French wine and hospitality professionals among its judges. Its competitions provide a record of how particular entries were assessed in their categories, including sake, shochu and awamori, and umeshu.
Umeshu was added in 2023, when 1,090 sake entries and 102 umeshu entries were assessed. In 2024, the sake competition received 1,223 entries and the separate shochu and awamori competition received 197. The latter figure is not a subset of the sake entries.
The selection below follows the organiser’s 2024 results. Platinum and Gold are retained as the award names. These are historical results for the named products; they do not imply that every release from the same producer received the award.
| Product | Category | Award |
|---|---|---|
| MIZUBASHO PURE | Sake | Platinum |
| Shichiken Yama no Kasumi | Sake | Platinum |
| Haneya Tokubetsu Junmai | Sake | Platinum |
| Chiebijin Junmai | Sake | Gold |
| Born Kichibee | Sake | Platinum |
| Born Wing of Japan | Sake | Gold |
| Born Gold | Sake | Gold |
| KID Muryozan Junmai Ginjo | Sake | Gold |
| Kurokabuto Yamadanishiki Junmai Ginjo | Sake | Gold |
| Jokigen Yamahai Junmai | Sake | Gold |
| Chiran Tea Chu Houjicha | Shochu: variety | Platinum |
| DAIYAME | Shochu: sweet potato | Platinum |
| Nomanoma | Shochu: barley | Gold |
| Jotokuya Douchu | Shochu: barley | Gold |
| Furutsuruume | Umeshu | Gold |
Earlier President’s Awards in the original selection were Chiebijin Junmai in 2018 and Shichida Junmai Ginjo Omachi 50 in 2017. These years are separate from the 2024 table.
Sources
- Kura Master 2024 announcement
- Kura Master 2023
- 2024 sake results
- 2024 shochu and awamori results
- 2024 umeshu Gold
- 2018 results
- 2017 results
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