Maison Sabaty

Rice winery, Sejong, KR

Maison Sabaty is an atelier winery in Sejong where two cultures meet: Korea’s deep fermentation tradition and the aesthetics and craftsmanship of the French wine world. The house sees itself as a Korean “maison”, a place where regional ingredients are brought to completion with a winemaker’s care.

Inspiration from the French wine world

The name is a declaration: in France, a “maison” is a house that selects its grapes with care and completes them with its own signature. Maison Sabaty carries this thinking over to rice: every brew is understood as a cuvée, every batch bears its own hand. And as with natural wine, the fine differences between batches are not flaws but individuality, traces that nature leaves behind.

The depth and delicacy of makgeolli

Only three ingredients are used: water, handmade rice koji and one hundred percent single-variety Saecheongmu rice from Sejong. No sweeteners, no flavourings, no colourings, no stabilisers. Natural yeasts lead the fermentation; the brewer observes and guides with a light hand. Built up in several stages, with steamed rice alone, the rice wines show a clear fragrance and a layered texture: makgeolli allowed to reveal how deep and delicate it can truly be.

Enjoying makgeolli like wine

The house’s goal is as simple as it is ambitious: that Europeans will one day enjoy makgeolli as naturally as wine, with food, with an eye for origin, vintage and the maker’s hand. Not as an exotic curiosity, but as a great wine culture in its own right. Every bottle of Maison Sabaty is a step along this path: a new nuance of Korean craftsmanship, written with a French touch.

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