I’ll begin this section by apologizing for those 5 counties near San Francisco that have increased their sales tax to 10%! That’s crazy town! Talk about a small business killer! And that is exactly what happened in Japan to the...
April showers bring May flowers, but in California there have been no showers! The result is the Governor of CA has mandated a 25% decrease in water usage, which directly affects local sake makers, who A) use a lot of...
This email came from Mei: Just watched the trailer for the movie they were shooting at the store late last year. You're in the trailer! You looked so cool in that 1 second frame! Haha. Here it is on...
It’s that time of the year to jump the pond and hit London for another International Wine Challenge. And yes, it’s yet another record year for sake entrants. I think we are going to taste roughly 900 amazing sakes from...
We love doing events, and our dance card has been pretty full this Spring. True Sake Live handles everything from corporate tastings to private affairs, and we like to believe we put on a pretty good show...sake edutainment along with...
“Beau-Zone” Layer – Takenotsuyu “Special Water”From Yamaguchi Prefecture. Sake Water Typically sake is 80% water. But not in this case! Behold an amazing “teachable moment” in your sake educational process. This month’s “brew” is actually the essence of good sake –...
Koshinohomare Shiboritate "Pride of Niigata"From Niigata PrefectureJunmai Nama Ginjo GenshuSMV: +3.5 Acidity: 1.7$30/720ml This unpasteurized seasonal sake is a “Genshu” which means it has not been diluted and has an alcohol content of 17%, and has a nose filled with...
So there have been a lot of requests on how to follow me and my let’s call it unique eye for sake-centric photography. There are two ways. First you can follow me directly at @truesake on Instagram, which is a really...
That’s a good question Anne R from Telluride, CO. My immediate reply was going to be “sure.” But then I thought about it a second and an image from a brewery called Ohyama in Yamagata prefecture popped into my head....
