Apple of My Eye Rice Wine Vinegar
Full rice vinegar body with a bright apple wink
Apple of My Eye Rice Wine Vinegar starts with California junmai-grade sake and ferments with an apple cider vinegar mother. The result is a richer, bolder rice wine vinegar with a subtle ACV tang—slow-fermented using an early-1800s process, then aged for over a year for smooth, composed flavor.
Flavor profile
Rich, rounded rice character with a gentle apple lift. Think classic rice vinegar depth, polished by time, with just enough fruit to keep salads and seafood lively.
Why cooks reach for it
Because it behaves like a premium rice vinegar—only more interesting. It glosses cucumbers, seasons sushi rice without shouting, and brightens crudo or shellfish with clean, controlled acidity. Limited release, so it’s worth stocking when you see it.
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Size
250ml glass bottle
Perfect For
Cucumber, salads, sushi rice, and seafood.
Fermentation Base
Junmai Sake fermented with apple cider mother
Base Origin
California
Taste Profile
Rich, bold rice wine with a slight apple tang.
Production Process
Slow fermented using vinegar mother. Aged over one year
Minimum Acidity
4.5%
Apple of My Eye Rice Wine Vinegar FAQs
What makes Apple of My Eye different from standard rice vinegar?
Is this a limited release?
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Worth Waiting For
Modern vinegars have lost their way, so we stepped back in time to recreate a process from 1823. Our equipment doesn’t exist anymore so we remade it in partnership with local universities.
After slow fermentation our vinegars are barrel aged before being hand bottled raw and unfiltered. It all takes a lot more time and care but we think the results are spectacular. I hope you will too.
Vinegars with a Sense of Place
We create vinegars with flavor profiles that reflect a sense of place by working exclusively with American wines, ciders, and brews.
Our vinegar works is housed in the blacksmith shop for an old textile mill complex in the heart of New England that is on the National Register of Historic Places.
