Two years ago, it was the 15 Year. Last year, the 20 Year. Now, in our seventh year, we’ll open Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year at 83rd in Kannai, Yokohama.

It has been called the Romanée-Conti of bourbon. In Virginia’s official lottery in February 2026, 57,702 entries competed for the right to buy just eight bottles, about one bottle for every 7,200 entries. At Sotheby’s in New York in 2022, two collectors competed for a bottle of the 2008 release, which sold for $52,500 (approximately ¥8.4 million at the November 11, 2026 exchange rate).

Only one bottle of the 23 Year is coming to Japan through the official importer this year. That bottle is coming to 83rd, and I’ll open it at our bar. It will yield about 25 pours. We’ll serve them as a special offer, and I want to pour each one myself for the people who’ve been waiting for this dram.

Seven years after opening this bourbon bar, there’s no bottle I’d rather open at this counter. We’ve come this far. At 83rd, we’ve earned the right to call ourselves Japan’s No. 1 bourbon bar.

To my dear guests, it’s a real joy to be able to open this special bottle at 83rd and pour it for you myself, one glass at a time.