{"product_id":"mars-shinshu-iwai-tradition-whisky","title":"Mars Shinshu Iwai Tradition Whisky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMars Shinshu Iwai Tradition is a blended Japanese whisky from Mars Shinshu — Japan’s highest whisky distillery at 2,600+ feet in the Nagano Alps. Named after Kiichiro Iwai, the Mars whisky-making mentor who helped guide Masataka Taketsuru of Nikka, the Iwai range carries forward the lineage of pre-war Japanese whisky pioneers. “Tradition” is the flagship blend in the Iwai lineup.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hombo family has been distilling shochu for more than a century and added whisky to their repertoire in 1949 with the help of Kiichiro Iwai. After originally producing in Kagoshima on Kyushu, the Hombo clan moved the distillery in 1984 to Miyada village in southern Nagano Prefecture, chosen for cool temperatures (which slow maturation) and abundant soft granite-filtered, snowmelt-fed water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDistillery:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mars Shinshu, Miyada Village, Nagano, Japan (est. 1949; relocated 1984)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese Blended Whisky — Iwai Tradition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 750ml\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mars-shinshu\"\u003eMars Shinshu collection at Wooden Cork\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mars Shinshu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42904203591751,"sku":"SK 4976881520592","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/0640\/2375\/files\/MarsWhite.jpg?v=1782422966","url":"https:\/\/bourbonnest.com\/products\/mars-shinshu-iwai-tradition-whisky","provider":"Bourbon Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}