2016

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First and foremost – get your pencil out! Now get your calendar out! Now circle Saturday October 1st! Make a bigger circle to include Friday and Sunday as well! Why? Because we are planning Sake Day ’16 to be a...

Wait for it! Wait for it! Okay! We are going to be in the next edition of Popular Mechanics Magazine. Say What? Crazy right? The reporter read my book on sake long ago and “always wanted to do a piece...

No two sakes are identical! But what if you like one sake so much and you can’t find it anywhere? Is it okay to cheat on your sake? Sure! Of course it is! How did that song go: “If you...

Denshin Haru "Spring" 2016”From Fukui Prefecture. Junmai Nama Genshu. SMV: +1.5 Acidity: 1.5$24/720ml, $48/1.8L The nose on this seasonally released unpasteurized sake from a brewery that releases a nama for each season is a gentle collection of citrus, yeast, and peach aromas....

Genbei “4 Eyed Devil” HonjozoFrom Kyoto Prefecture. Honjozo. SMV: +5 Acidity: 1.5 Howdy! Welcome to the Beau-Zone Layer, which is a little section in the store that allows me to select a sake that I feel you may need to...

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...

Great question Michael R. from Colorado. First why do you ask? Isn’t a label supposed to act as a calling card for a sake? Pretty simple no? It’s meant to attract your eye and move your wallet. (In theory) Or...

Welcome to the 139th Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this special issue that could very well have the luck of the Irish read about how the sake industry continually improves itself via communication between the end-seller and the producer,...