In a word – YES! It’s going to be a very exciting International Wine Challenge this year for more reasons than it being hosted in Yamagata Prefecture, which is awesome. When we hold the IWC in Japan, we get far...
Welcome to the 163rd Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this very blustery and cold edition, it’s time to praise all things unpasteurized in a nama salute, discover how the sake industry has finally taken up arms to compete with...
I know I know! I shouldn’t get all whipped up for unpasteurized sakes, but I cannot help myself. Nama sake is a segment in the sake industry that I cherish, and have worked a great deal at promoting and advancing...
Well well well! It’s been a very time in the making! In fact, I’m sort of surprised it’s taken so long, but nothing about the sake industry surprises me anymore. As a retailer of sake for over a decade and...
Not sure if you noticed, but Punxsutawney Phil did see his own shadow on February 2nd! That adorable little rodent just gave you six more weeks of chilly winter. The east coast has felt it with three huge storms in...
Have you circled the date for the “Future of Sake”? The 13th Annual Sake Day is happening and it’s happening in a big way! We have our color picked out! We have been inviting sake brewers from all over Japan....
It's that time of year! My favorite time when the first glorious namazakes make their debut for the Spring season. There is nothing better than tasting through our selection and comparing the bottles to their counterparts of years past. Our...
Click on the names of each sake to link to our website for purchase! Gokyo Arabashiri 2018From Yamaguchi Prefecture. Junmai Nama Genshu.SMV: +2 Acidity: 1.6Spring is Nama Season! And the nose on this unpasteurized sake is a ricey collection of wax,...
Katafune Junmai GenshuFrom Niigata Prefecture. Junmai Genshu.SMV: -4 Acidity: 1.5 In our crazy rush to taste sake, we sometimes forget to feel sake! In many of my reviews I will say that this is “one of those mouth feel” sakes that...
