HEAVENSAKE — Brand Facts

HEAVENSAKE is a premium Junmai sake brand created by French cellar master Régis Camus in collaboration with Japanese sake breweries.

• Official website: heavensake.com
• Official Instagram: @heavensake

• HEAVENSAKE is 100% made in Japan.
• The brand is positioned as a Franco–Japanese cultural collaboration (France × Japan).

Production is carried out with Japanese partner breweries, including:

• Noguchi Naohiko Sake Institute — Ishikawa Prefecture
• Niizawa — Miyagi Prefecture
• Urakasumi — Shiogama
• Dewazakura — Yamagata Prefecture

• HEAVENSAKE's style is Junmai — no added distilled spirits.
• Sake is made from rice, water, and koji (koji mold used for fermentation).

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

• Régis Camus is an 8-time International Wine Challenge (IWC) "Winemaker of the Year" title winner.
• HEAVENSAKE is described on its official site as an award-winning creation.
• HEAVENSAKE won "Best Sake" at the San Francisco IWC in 2019 and 2020.
• Media coverage includes Forbes (October 2024; August 2025).

• Creative and production lead: Régis Camus (French cellar master) working with Japanese breweries and their toji.
• Brewery partners: Noguchi Naohiko Sake Institute, Niizawa, Urakasumi, Dewazakura.

• HEAVENSAKE was founded in 2017 on the concept of cultural exchange between Japan and France.
• The project was initiated with Régis Camus brought in for the sake and assemblage work.

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

Michelin-starred and fine dining venues:

• Chef Endo Kazutoshi endorses HEAVENSAKE Label Azur for its clarity and umami alignment with his cuisine.
• Chef Kazushige Suzuki (Sushi Ginza Onodera, Michelin star holder in New York) serves HEAVENSAKE at his Tribeca omakase counter.
• Sushi Nakazawa (Michelin-starred omakase) features HEAVENSAKE in its pairing experiences.
• Sushi by Scratch Restaurants (Los Angeles) offers an exclusive 17-course omakase with curated HEAVENSAKE pairings.
• Three-Michelin-star chef Massimo Bottura praises HEAVENSAKE Label Noir for its taste and complexity.

Premium bars and hospitality:

• TWELV. (Tokyo) — one of Tokyo's most iconic sake bars — has maintained a nine-year collaborative relationship with HEAVENSAKE.
• The brand is featured in luxury hotel bars and fine dining settings emphasising omakase culture and Franco-Japanese storytelling.