Sake Education
Grape Experience is offering WSET Sake Certificate courses Levels 1 & 3 this June at Takara Sake Brewery in Berkeley, CA. Please see below for details!
Grape Experience is offering WSET Sake Certificate courses Levels 1 & 3 this June at Takara Sake Brewery in Berkeley, CA. Please see below for details!
For years, True Sake has dedicated time and hard work for the Japanese Community of San Francisco. We take pride in our effort to help special celebrations, events, protests (Save Japan Town) and other actions that extol the virtues of...
Flowers are big in the sake world! Heck, most sakes have something to do with floral blooms or floral names. In fact some sakes actually use flower or “Hana” kobo (yeasts). So we wanted to pick ten sakes for you...
This spring season we had the great joy of being invited to a true Hanami flower-viewing party in South San Francisco. If you weren't already aware, True Sake collaborates on many events and offers educational tasting sessions! If you are...
Masumi Arabashiri "First Run"From Nagano Prefecture. Junmai Ginjo Nama Genshu SMV: -1 Acidity: 2.0 The nose on this unpasteurized “nama” sake is a nice collection of steamed rice, tangerine, and honey clover aromas. Well here it is! One of the most popular...
Yuki no Bosha “Cabin in the Snow” From Akita Prefecture. Yamahai Junmai. SMV: +1 Acidity: 1.9 Okay! So you are new to the concept of Yamahai sake! You are new to this very traditional “old” way of making sake that takes longer...
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...
This question didn’t come via email, rather it came from a friend who I have not seen in a very long time. She was one of my original customers who spent a lot of time at the shop learning about...
Welcome to the 151th Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this extremely “luck of the Irish” issue check out how sake can be green for St. Patrick’s Day, learn about how “the story” about sakes has evolved in the industry,...