Since its establishment in 1975, Echigo Winery has been working on cultivation of grapes exclusively for wine production. The winery is also putting an effort in producing organic grapes which are econologically friendly to the environment.

The clear spring water used at the brewery originates at the top of the sacred mountain, "Hakkaisan". After years of filtering, it finally springs at "Izumi no Sato - village of the spring water" where the brewery is located. Together with carefully selected malt and hop, Hakkaisan Izumi Beer is created. The taste is sure to satisfy even the fussiest of drinkers.

Bokushi Suzuki, a writer during the Edo period wrote "Uonuma district, where I live has the heaviest snow fall in Japan. "Sake" is made by snow, water, soil and people of this snow country - Echigo", in his most famous "Hokuetsu seppu". The snow is the origin of sake-making here. Plentiful snow melts to enrich the rice paddies and grow the best rice. Then this water eventually become the spring water and finally reborn as "Sake". Snow-country Uonuma is blessed with a great combination of good water and people with tradition and techniques for high quality sake-making.