Artisan SakeMaker is Vancouver’s only sake winery, making small-batch sake on Granville Island since 2006. Guided by Japanese sake-making tradition and shaped by West Coast food culture, the winery has helped move sake from something many Canadians associated mainly with Japanese restaurants into something local, expressive, and deeply at home with the way people eat and drink in British Columbia.
At the centre is OSAKE, Artisan SakeMaker’s handcrafted sake collection, made with rice, water, koji, and careful fermentation. Fresh, food-friendly, and quietly versatile, OSAKE is designed for people who already love sake and for those still discovering how naturally it can sit beside seafood, seasonal vegetables, grilled dishes, cheese, tomato-based foods, and lighter ingredient-led cooking.
The work has always reached beyond the bottle. In 2015, after years of experimentation in rice production, processing, and sake making, Artisan SakeMaker released its first sake made with 100% Canadian ingredients. Today, that same curiosity continues through BC-grown rice, sake kasu, condiments, amazake, skincare, and other rice-based products, all shaped by a philosophy that remains sustainable, local, and natural.
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