Welcome to the 180th Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this special summer edition representing 180 months in a row or 15 years of uninterrupted newsletter awesomeness heed the call of SAKE DAY and get your tickets ASAP, learn three...
I’m sure that you have your tickets already. If you don’t, then this is the reminder that you need to get your life in order! As you all are well aware SAKE DAY always sells out! I repeat SAKE DAY...
Are you getting sake lazy? What the hell is sake lazy? Basically do you think that you know it all or have seen it all in the sake world? Are you bored? Are you tired of your same old same...
About a year ago I asked my sake brother Michael Tremblay to write a little piece for the Newsletter about the sake scene in Toronto Canada. Michael is a super sake Somm and superb communicator of all things sake, and...
In this Power 5 Challenge, we look at sakes made with the very popular but difficult to say Gohyakumangoku rice varietal that has a great history and a very defined lineage. When you think of Gohyakumangoku you automatically think of...
The “Beau Zone Layer” – Shinkame “Holy Turtle” From Saitama Prefecture. Junmai. SMV: +5 Acidity: 1.7 Wait what? Another almost $50 Junmai sake? What the hell is going on? I could get a great Daiginjo for $50! Well, to that I say go...
If you haven’t been to the store recently then you’re probably not aware of the total onslaught of unpasteurized sakes that have filled our fridges all summer long. It’s been crazy! Crazy good. At one point we had over 43...
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...
17th anniversary of True Sake, 15th anniversary of the Newsletter, and 14th anniversary of SAKE DAY … are you proud?” A week ago an industry sake person came in the store and tried to determine how “Organic” our sake...
