I can’t stop smiling! And neither can those who attended the 14th Annual SAKE DAY celebration at Hotel Kabuki in Japantown on Saturday September 28th . Talk about a successful event. This year we processed 904 guests through registration and...
Our good friend John Gauntner has done it again! After his numerous books on sake, his sake educational program, and his monthly newsletter John has hit another home run in the sake industry. Over the SAKE DAY weekend, John shared...
The great thing about sake is that there are no rules! Well, I’m sure that some folks try to make rules, but I’ll never follow them. That’s why I am always playing with brews and doing silly things like warming...
Fukuiwai 50 Chiba Prefecture. Junmai Daiginjo. SMV: +1 Acidity: 1.4 Okay Folks! It’s time to help a sake brewery out by purchasing their sake today! Several months ago a typhoon literally ripped the roof right off this Chiba prefecture...
YAY! It’s fall draft sake time. This is one of my favorite sake times of the year. This is Hiyaoroshi season and our first flight of three single-pasteurized brews have arrived. These seasonally released sake were made to pair with...
I was asked this question about 20 times three weeks ago during SAKE DAY’19, and the answer is a massive yes. I might have looked crazed, pissed off, goofy, irked, or just simply zoned out, but I was really happy....
Welcome to the 181st Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this special SAKE DAY’19 the 14Th Anniversary issue read about all of the cool things you can see and taste this year, then check out the Power 5 Challenge which...
Not Joking! This could be the best SAKE DAY ever! The line-up is unreal. If you have wanted to attend one this is the year to pull the trigger. If you are on the fence then please fall on the...
This month’s Power 5 Sake Challenge takes a look at 5 different sake that could be considered “strange.” Is being strange a bad thing? Heck no! In fact it’s quite a differentiator in a market that has so many sake...
