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Ooki Daikichi Hoten Konnichiwa Cooking SakeFrom Fukushima Prefecture. SMV: -25 Acidity: Mystery Okay Folks! Talk about a great sake to explore with! To gift with! To play with! And most importantly to cook with! This special sake is basically bottled...

Now order online! Same and next-day delivery in SF and we ship to anywhere in California as well as DC, ID, MO, NM, NV, NY, OR, VA and WY! Are you sick of this list? Are you not on this...

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...

Oh! A personal question! Hmmmmmm! I think I’ll answer this with a fantasy. No, not that kind of fantasy you sicko! When the days are long and I’m tired with the selling of sake I fantasize about making sake. Yup!...

Welcome to the 145th Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this colorful issue take a good look at the evolution of bottles in the sake industry, learn the difference between a sake teacher and a sake enlightener, jump at your...

Raise your hand if you take sake bottles for granted! (That’s the sound of me lifting my hand above my head.) Sure they are pretty and come in amazing shapes, but sake bottles in “olden times” did not exist and...

This is a difficult section to write, but the message is important so I will share a very private and special side of my sake life. There are many sake education programs out there. I have been personally approached to...

Okay folks! Sorry to inundate you (two extra emails) with notices about Sake Day, but the more commitments that we get the more excited I get! The 11th Anniversary of this fun-derful event is going to be nothing short of...

Grape Experience will be offering two WSET Sake classes in San Francisco this October, including the recently introduced a Level 1 Certificate in Sake: Level 1 runs 9am-5pm on October 2 at Pabu Restaurant 101 California Street in San Francisco....