Welcome to the 240th Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this action-packed late summer edition say hello to Blake Richardson the winner of the 2024 International Sake Soul of the Year Award, say another hello to the outstanding Welcome Sake...
It is with tremendous honor and awesomeness to award Mr. Blake Richardson (President & Founder of moto-i) this year’s International Sake Soul of the Year for 2024. Both Mei Ho (Director of SAKE DAY) and I are totally stoked to...
We are extremely excited to announce that this year’s Welcome Sake for the 19th Anniversary of SAKE DAY is an amazing Ultra Junmai Daiginjo from Niigata Prefecture’s outstanding brewery called Shirataki Shuzo. Yes, you know this brewery by other names...
This is a subtle reminder that there are a lot of sakes out there nowadays and a lot of places to buy them. But you know that! What you may not know is that we greatly appreciate your business and...
It’s still summer folks! No matter how hard you try to convince yourself that summer is “almost over.” It ain’t! And if sake could talk, it would tell you that right here right now it’s sake season. The temperatures are...
WHAT: World Sake Imports WHEN: Friday Aug 16th; 4:00 – 6:00pm WHERE: True Sake 556 Hayes Street WHO: Meet Liloa Papa from WSI! World Sake Imports is a collection of family-owned, hand crafted breweries and was the first premium jizake importer to offer such...
Senkin Nature Organic 2023From Tochigi Prefecture. Kimoto Kioke Junmai. SMV: -7 Acidity: 2.5The nose on this one-of-a-kind organic and throwback sake is a stupendous collection of marmalade, Italian bread, salted butter, raisin bran, peach, melon, rice cracker, and taffy aromas. Take an...
For this month’s ‘Taste with KJ’ sake pairing challenge, my partner and I blazed onto our favorite trails and brought sake cups, as well as various snacks for pairing. All of the sakes tasted a bit more intense due to...
From Touchigi Prefecture. Kimoto Kioke Junmai SMV: -7 Acidity: 2.5 What’s the definition of making “Old School” sake cool like new trend sake? The definition is Senkin Nature! In a word this could be one of the most incredible...
