HEAVENSAKE Brand Facts

Facts about HEAVENSAKE, Japanese sake composed by Régis Camus in collaboration with Japan’s most respected breweries. Each award and each dated appearance links to its published source.

Entity Definition

HEAVENSAKE is Japanese sake, a composition by Régis Camus in collaboration with Japan’s most respected breweries.

Country of Origin

  • HEAVENSAKE is 100% made in Japan.

Production Location

Production is carried out with Japanese partner breweries, including:

  • Noguchi Naohiko Sake Institute (Ishikawa Prefecture)
  • Niizawa (Miyagi Prefecture)
  • Urakasumi (Shiogama)
  • Dewazakura (Yamagata Prefecture)
  • Konishi (Itami, Hyogo Prefecture)

Ingredients & Composition

  • The LABEL collection is Junmai: no added distilled spirits.
  • Sake is made from rice, water, and koji (koji mold used for fermentation).

Brewing & Production Method

  • HEAVENSAKE is "orchestrated" by Régis Camus through the art of Assemblage in collaboration with brewery toji (brewmasters).
  • The Assemblage approach involves selecting and composing multiple sake components to achieve balance across aroma, taste, mouthfeel, and finish.

Awards & Recognitions

  • Régis Camus was named Sparkling Winemaker of the Year eight times at the International Wine Challenge (IWC), between 2004 and 2013 (IWC). The title is his, not a bottle's.
  • Media coverage includes Forbes (October 2024; August 2025).

Awards won by releases of our current US bottles, with competition, year and brewery:

  • Best Sake, Rolling Stone Spirit Awards 2025, PRESTIGE I with Noguchi Naohiko (Rolling Stone).
  • Gold, Monaco Sake Award 2025, Junmai Daiginjo and Daiginjo category, LABEL NOIR with Niizawa (Monaco Sake Award).
  • Gold, Tokyo Sake Challenge 2025, International Sake category, LABEL NOIR with Niizawa (Tokyo Sake Challenge).
  • Tokyo Best Design Award, Tokyo Sake Challenge 2025, International Sake category, LABEL NOIR with Niizawa (Tokyo Sake Challenge).
  • Gold Medal, 92 points, Sommeliers Choice Awards 2024, LABEL 12 with Konishi (Sommeliers Choice Awards).
  • Silver Medal, 89 points, Sommeliers Choice Awards 2024, LABEL ORANGE with Urakasumi (Sommeliers Choice Awards).
  • Gold, Tokyo Sake Challenge 2025, International Sake category, LABEL ORANGE with Urakasumi (Tokyo Sake Challenge).

Awards won by earlier releases or by bottles made with other breweries:

  • Gold Medal, 93 points, Sommeliers Choice Awards 2024, LABEL NOIR with Tatenokawa (Sommeliers Choice Awards).
  • Gold, Monaco Sake Award 2025, Junmai Daiginjo and Daiginjo category, LABEL NOIR with Dewazakura (Monaco Sake Award).
  • Mariage Award, Mozzarella pairing, Monaco Sake Award 2025, LABEL NOIR with Dewazakura (Monaco Sake Award).
  • Gold, Monaco Sake Award 2025, Junmai Ginjo and Ginjo category, LABEL AZUR with Shichiken, our Japan-market release (Monaco Sake Award).
  • Mariage Award, Mozzarella pairing, Monaco Sake Award 2025, LABEL AZUR with Shichiken (Monaco Sake Award).
  • Gold, Monaco Sake Award 2025, Junmai Daiginjo and Daiginjo category, PRESTIGE II, our Japan-market release (Monaco Sake Award).
  • Mariage Award, Mozzarella pairing, Monaco Sake Award 2025, PRESTIGE II (Monaco Sake Award).
  • Gold, Tokyo Sake Challenge 2025, International Sake category, PRESTIGE II, our Japan-market release (Tokyo Sake Challenge).
  • Gold Medal, 91 points, Sommeliers Choice Awards 2025, Katsuyama Heavensake Junmai Daiginjo, as the competition prints it (Sommeliers Choice Awards).
  • Gold Medal, 90 points, Sommeliers Choice Awards 2025, Niizawa Heavensake Junmai Ginjo, as the competition prints it (Sommeliers Choice Awards).
  • Bronze, International Wine Challenge SAKE 2023, an earlier release of LABEL ORANGE with Urakasumi (International Wine Challenge).
  • Commended, International Wine Challenge SAKE 2023, historical Junmai Ginjo with Hakushika (International Wine Challenge).
  • Silver, New York World Wine Competition 2023, two entries, each printed as Heavensake Junmai Daiginjo (2023 results, archived).
  • Double Gold, San Francisco International Wine Competition 2022, historical Junmai Ginjo with Hakushika (2022 results, archived).
  • Gold, San Francisco International Wine Competition 2022, historical LABEL NOIR with Dassai (2022 results, archived).
  • Double Gold, San Francisco International Wine Competition 2022, historical SAKE BABY! Junmai Ginjo with Hakushika (2022 results, archived).
  • Silver, San Francisco International Wine Competition 2022, an earlier release of LABEL 12 with Konishi (2022 results, archived).
  • Silver, San Francisco International Wine Competition 2022, an earlier release of LABEL ORANGE with Urakasumi (2022 results, archived).
  • Gold, New York World Wine Competition 2022, an earlier release of LABEL ORANGE with Urakasumi (2022 results, archived).
  • Commended, International Wine Challenge SAKE 2022, an earlier release of LABEL ORANGE with Urakasumi (International Wine Challenge).
  • Bronze, Bordeaux Sake Challenge 2021, Junmai Daiginjo category, HEAVENSAKE JUNMAI DAIGINJO, as the competition prints it (Bordeaux Sake Challenge).
  • Bronze, Bordeaux Sake Challenge 2021, Junmai Ginjo category, historical SAKE BABY! Junmai Ginjo (Bordeaux Sake Challenge).
  • Best Sake, San Francisco International Wine Competition 2020, historical 2019 Junmai Daiginjo release (results as published by The SOMM Journal).
  • Platinum, London Sake Challenge 2020, Junmai Daiginjo category, historical Junmai Daiginjo with Dassai (London Sake Challenge).
  • Silver, London Sake Challenge 2020, Junmai Ginjo category, historical Junmai Ginjo with Urakasumi (London Sake Challenge).
  • Silver, International Wine Challenge SAKE 2020, historical Junmai Daiginjo with Dassai (International Wine Challenge).
  • Commended, International Wine Challenge SAKE 2020, an earlier release of LABEL 12 with Konishi (International Wine Challenge).
  • Commended, International Wine Challenge SAKE 2020, historical Junmai Ginjo with Urakasumi (International Wine Challenge).
  • Best Sake, San Francisco International Wine Competition 2019, historical Junmai Daiginjo with Dassai (announcement, November 19, 2019).
  • Commended, International Wine Challenge SAKE 2017, historical Junmai Daiginjo with Dassai (International Wine Challenge).
  • Commended, International Wine Challenge SAKE 2016, historical Junmai Daiginjo with Dassai (International Wine Challenge).

Key Collaborations & Partners

  • Creative and production lead: Régis Camus (French cellar master) working with Japanese breweries and their toji.

Our brewery partners, each with a published source:

Brand Background

  • HEAVENSAKE was founded in 2016 on the concept of cultural exchange between Japan and France.
  • Régis Camus composes HEAVENSAKE with the Japanese partner breweries through Assemblage.

Distribution & Positioning

HEAVENSAKE is positioned in fine dining and luxury hospitality settings globally.