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OUR STORY
Municipal Wine & Sake was established in 2014 by Matt Froude, a boutique wine and sake maker passionate about producing unique wine and sake that highlight variety, location and season.
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The production of high quality, elegant, varietal, food friendly wine and sake was Matt's inspiration to start his own label, Municipal.
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Municipal is focused on Riesling, Savagnin and Tempranillo from exceptional cool climate vineyards that highlight varietal character as well as Aiyama (Love Mountain) Rice from Japan's best Rice Growing Region that produces delicate sake of the highest quality.
THE MAKER
Matt Froude - Wine & Sake Maker
Matt is so passionate about wine and sake it’s hard to imagine him doing anything else, however he has had multiple vocations from environmental engineer and tour guide, to managing English schools in Asia, all of which have influenced his taste and winemaking philosophy.
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OUR
PHILOSOPHY
Municipal's wine and sake making philosophy is all about being authentic to the grapes/rice from which the wine or sake is produced. The wine and sake reflect and highlight the variety, the location including the climate and soils as well as the vintage in which the wine/sake is produced.
OUR WINE & SAKE MAKING STYLE
Ultimately we aim to produce wine and sake that we enjoy drinking ourselves. Generally these are light and fresh yet textured with excellent structure. To achieve this aim we pick grapes early in comparison to other producers, use minimal intervention wine and sake making techniques and undertake fermentation at low temperatures.
WHY SAKE AND WINE?
Sake and wine are complimentary beverages, both are fermented drinks that can be complex and interesting yet delicate and elegant.
Matt has loved sake for almost as long as he has wine. After living in Japan in his early 20's then returning multiple times in his 20's and early 30's it was a visit to a local sake brewery while working at Grace Winery in Yamanashi that propelled his desire to produce sake in addition to wine.
