If you’ve visited our beautiful courtyard recently, you may have noticed the amber hue of these delicious concoctions on the shelf in our main room. Yes, these are jars of juicy plums infusing their sweet flavour into the liquor. Would you like to learn the secrets and history behind this process and impress your friends at home?

Plum Wine or Umeshu (梅子酒) is a Japanese liqueur made by traditionally steeping fresh Japanese plum (ume) in shochu/white liquor and sugar. The sweet and sour flavours with the fruity aroma are very appealing and you can create many kinds of drinks and cocktails with it!

In this workshop, our master mixologist, Jane, will teach you how to use local Chinese ingredients to make perfect homemade plum wine to take home with you. She’ll also teach 2 refreshing cocktail recipes using plum wine.