Welcome to the 232nd Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this holiday Gift Giving issue (our 19th Holiday Issue) take a quick trip with us to Northern Japan and get the skinny on 6 fantastic Tohoku sake breweries, let the...
I just returned from a nice little visit through northern Japan, and I’m so very glad that we carry some great sake from several killer Tohoku breweries. They make great sake up north, and this is a wake up call...
Tick tick tick – You hear it, we all hear it! It’s the Holiday clock ticking away the days left before the holiday gift giving moment of truth. Tick, I’m way too busy – Tick, I’ll do it next week...
Who doesn’t love Koshu sake? Wait, what is Koshu sake? You know, it’s sake that has been purposely aged to get better with time, anytime! Some Koshu tastes great after three years, and others taste better further down the road....
Who doesn’t like sparkling sake? Seriously? Even my biggest sake snob friends like naturally sparkling sake. Why? Because it’s awesome, and it’s not trying to be like Champagne. Well sort of. There are basically two schools of sparkling sake makers...
Greetings Sake Fans and Connoisseurs,Chris here, back at it with another newsletter column. Of course, more of the usual sake rambling. But this time around, I wanted to talk about the criminally underrated Junmai Ginjo/Ginjo sake category. The lack of...
From Akita Prefecture. Daiginjo SMV: +2.5 Acidity: 1.2 One of the silver linings of the totally crappy Covid days was a new relationship with a Los Angeles business called Entertainment Alia Inc., who are the sole importers for a killer...
Bijofu Yumebakari “Dream Weaver” From Kochi Prefecture. Junmai Daiginjo. SMV: +3 Acidity: 1.4 The nose on this high-end Kochi-style Daiginjo is a fresh collection of cherry, papaya, mango, cantaloupe, persimmon, simple syrup, and condensed milk aromas. Say hello to the newest of new...
