Welcome to the 249th issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this 20th consecutive May Issue, check out what Stuart Morris is doing with his newest sake venture called Hachidori from Yamagata Prefecture (then join us with Stuart on May 10th...
We have been doing this thing called sake for a very long time. Heck, this is our 249th consecutive monthly Newsletter—we’ve never missed a month! We have seen good times and sadly we have seen some very dark times. But...
What can we say? We pick and sell great sake! And as we wrote in the last Newsletter, True Sake just added its 7th Exclusive sake to our True Sake Selects, which are exclusive to our inventory and several selected...
And the hits keep coming! Fresh off of his incredible victories in Tochigi Prefecture, the True Sake Crew asked Makoto Ono-san some very enlightening questions about one of the most decorated Toji’s in all of Japan. We really liked his...
Holy Moly! We have a lot of seasonally released spring unpasteurized brews right now. And that is great news for you. They are fresh, fun, and some of them are not even unpasteurized, which is weird but is it? Sakes...
Zankyo translates to “Reverb” or “Vibration” A masterpiece of sake brewing, the first sake made from rice polished to just 7% of its original size, made by continuously milling rice for over 10 days. (93% of each grain is milled away) In 2009 Niizawa became...
May 10th – Hachidori Tasting With Stuart Morris WHEN: May 10th from 2:00 – 4:00PM WHERE: True Sake 556 Hayes Street WHO: Stuart Morris of Yamagata Prefecture’s Hachidori WHAT: Free Sake Tasting for 21+ with ID True Sake super friend...
From Hyogo PrefectureJunmai DaiginjoSMV: -3 Acidity: 1.4 Ok Ok! Basically when I picked this brew as my Beau-Zone Layer pick this month I realized that over the past twenty years I’ve helped to make and enable a lot of...
Shichiken "Mori no Kanade"From Yamanashi Prefecture. Sparkling. SMV: N/A Acidity: N/AThe nose on this world-class Sparkling sake is a very special collection of lemon zest, juniper, plum, guava, peppercorn, candy apple, mango, yogurt, and a touch of woody and oak aromas....
