Photo gallery: WSET Level 3 Sake Course Day 3, Japan Centre and Shimogamo
by Arline Lyons | Mar 29, 2017 | Events
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On the last day, we looked at speciality styles like nigori , sparkling sake, taru-zake (matured in cedar barrels) and aged sake (koshu).
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Nigori-zake, sparkling sake, koshu and taru-zake.
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The far more sedate result at the end of day 3, including junmai sakes served warm.
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Japan Centre's sake dictionary.
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Nice to know I'm not out of a job yet.
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It's funny to think of an International Wine Challenge winner in a can, but there's a great explanation of why it's a good packaging choice for an unpasteurised sake.
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I was asked to choose the sake to go with dinner at Shimogamo, and went for a Kikusui junmai ginjo. It was delicate, but not so much so that it was overpowered by the food.
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The Sayuri nigori-zake went beautifully with the desserts.