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Reviving Family Sake in Windsor | San Jose News
Bruce Shimizu is reviving a century-old family tradition by launching a sake brewery in Windsor, inspired by his great-grandmother’s basement brews and the discipline of master brewers. Once a landscape architect, he traded real estate for fermentation, learning through hours of Japanese brewing videos and refining his craft over years. His family’s roots in Sonoma stretch back to 1910, interrupted by WWII internment—but sake-making persisted. Delayed by the pandemic, his commercial license finally arrived, allowing him to debut a Junmai sake and a fruit-flavored sake seltzer ($7) alongside…
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