米鶴酒造は、1697年（江戸中期、元禄年間）に創業した酒蔵で、酒造りに300年の歴史を誇ります。米沢上杉藩の御用酒屋も務め、戦国武将・上杉謙信を藩祖とする蔵元です。
The brewery is involved in everything from rice cultivation to sake brewing, and grows approximately 1,500 bales of sake rice in its own 20 hectares of rice fields, using locally grown rice to make sake. The result is sake with a well-balanced aroma, taste, and sharpness, and an honest and refreshing flavor.
It has won the Gold Award at the National New Sake Competition more than 30 times, the Superior Award at the Tohoku Sake Competition more than 35 times, and more than 150 awards at various sake competitions. It has also been used as in-flight sake on international flights by Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA), and is highly acclaimed in many other fields.
