December 2022

A little more than 20 years ago, I was driving my minivan around San Francisco trying to get a “feel” for a part of town that would make a good home for the first dedicated sake store outside of Japan. It...

Don’t say Bah Humbug! Don’t be that guy. The Holidays are here and that means we should be a little cheerier and a little more giving. Whether your holiday colors are blue and white, or red and green, you are...

Greetings Sake Fans and Connoisseurs,   Chris here, back at it with another newsletter column. This time around, I'll be chatting about the Daina series of sake by a brewer that is new to True Sake, Kikunosato Shuzo from Tochigi...

Yamaguchi Prefecture  Kimoto Junmai Kioke SMV: ±0 Acidity: 2.1 A good sake store should feature a sake from most types of brewing and brewing techniques. So I am glad to say that a Kioke sake is back at True Sake....

Say hello and goodbye to the third and final flight of seasonally released single pasteurized sakes that are officially called “Namazume” but go by the colloquial name “Fall Draft” sakes. Aged for roughly six months these brews are structured, released,...

Say hello and goodbye to the third and final flight of seasonally released single pasteurized sakes that are officially called “Namazume” but go by the colloquial name “Fall Draft” sakes. Aged for roughly six months, these brews are structured, released,...