Originally a vineyard, distilling at Karuizawa started in 1956 as one of three distilleries owned by the Mercian company who produced a whisky blended from all three distilleries. Karuizawa was the smallest distillery in Japan but in the late 1980s Mercian launched Karuizawa as a single malt still sought after by those in the know.
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