Friends and colleagues
Sarah Stewart
IWC Sake Division Judge, Sake Scholar educator, WSET educator, cheese educator, Ura-Senke chado practitioner, Membership Secretary of the British Sake Association
Instagram: @sakestudies
Henry Thorogood
IWC Sake Division Judge, WSET Educator, wine sommelier, UK ambassador for Zaku (Shimizu Seizaburou Shōten)
Website: henrythorogood.com
Newsletter: Sake Scribblings
Instagram: @henreetee
Mayuko Sasayama
Founder of the Sake Association of Spain and Latin America (ASEL), founder/teacher of the “Curso Sake Master”, author of the book “El Mundo del Sake” (Planeta, 2023) and co-founder of Iberkanpai, the Spanish trade fair for Japanese sake and food.
Instagram: @sake_con_mayu
Thomas Oda
Originally from Tokyo but having spent most of his life in Ireland and the UK, Thomas ended up in love with wine and moved to Bordeaux… where he has set up his own sake brewery due to open in November 2025!
Instagram: @sakedebordeaux