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Ty Ku Sake Bomb Kit
$29.99 • TryTYKU.com
This holiday season, become the hit of the party with the perfect ice breaker—a TY KU Sake Bomb Kit! The TY KU Sake Bomb Kit includes the sleek, matte black 750ml bottle of Super-Premium Junmai Ginjo TY KU Sake, two custom TY KU sake cups and four chopsticks. Kanpai!

The Wine Gift of a Lifetime
CityWinery.com • sales@citywinery.com
The ultimate gift for your favorite wine lover—a full barrel of premium wine handcrafted from select California or Oregon vinifera. City Winery’s chief winemaker will work with the recipient selecting the varietal and vineyard, devising the oak regime and refining the blend to their preferred style. Full membership to our barrel program includes custom labeling of 252 bottles, unlimited access to our facility in Manhattan, and other special benefits. Give the ultimate wine gift this holiday.

For details on our fractional share and private label program, please contact Jeremy Kaufthal 212.608.0555 ext. 472.

I haven’t had a “Sake Bomb” since my days at Tokyo Delves in North Hollywood. If you ate their 100% spicy tuna roll you got to “spin the wheel” for a prize. I chose the t-shirt. The real drinkers chose the Sake Bomb. I believe this kit is missing the Sapporo beer, or any Japanese beer, to drop the sake into that creates the “bomb” effect. Anyone want to chime in on this?

The owning my own barrel, with wine, looks cool for anyone willing to try anything before tasting it. You’d really be putting your trust in this one. Can you taste first or switch it out of you don’t like it? A little barrel tasting perhaps?