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2025-02-19
By Ryuji Takahashi A wine-tasting event was held at a specialty shop for local sake that sells only sake. We are now in season for France to soon release their Beaujolais Nouveau. The concept of thi...
2025-02-12
“Kanzukuri” is a sake production method used during the coldest time of the year. However, until the early Edo Period (1603 - 1868), sake was produced over a long period around the autumn equinox pas...
2025-02-05
By Kosuke Kuji How can I distribute the ultimate, fresh, unpasteurized sake worldwide? I thought about the answer to this question for the past 10 years. Unpasteurized sake is of course fresh. Since...
2025-01-29
Cautionary Notes for Tasting Sake To taste sake, first visually inspect the color tone and appearance of the sake. *Color tone Apart from nigori (cloudy) sake, one might imagine sake to be c...
2025-01-22
By Ryuji Takahashi Many sake tasting events are held throughout Japan during the fall season. Sake breweries hustle to attend numerous sake tasting events to promote their sake as their last major job...
2025-01-15
The fundamental meaning of Ginjo is “sake brewed under close examination and scrutiny,” generally understood to be sake raised to the level of art from thorough brewing by the brewing master who furth...
2025-01-08
By Kosuke Kuji “Super Frozen” technology is an innovative technology used to preserve the fresh flavor of Japanese sake. Over 30 sake breweries currently use this technology. In fact, I was the first ...
2024-12-25
Cautionary Notes for Tasting Sake The best environment to taste sake is at room temperature – not too hot, not too cold, approximately 68 degrees F. The best temperature to taste sake is between...
2024-12-18
By Ryuji Takahashi National Sake Day is October 1. Since the brewing year used to start in October, the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association designated October 1 as the National Sake Day in 1978...
2024-12-11
Originally, Japanese sake varies greatly in regional characteristics, along with sake quality. Although Japan is a small island nation, the land stretches great distances towards the north and south, ...
