Yamazaki Puncheon

Shinjiro Torii, founder of Suntory and the founding of Japanese whisky, was born in 1879 in Osaka, the hub of commerce in Japan.Like most children of his time, he left school at 13 to become an apprentice. During his apprenticeship to a storekeeper, he studied techniques for blending Japanese sake.He later learned about foreign liquors, developing a discerning nose and palate. It was during this time that Shinjiro began to develop a flair for whisky that would one day earn him the nickname, “the nose of Osaka”.