Sake News from Japan

The Noma site features a long but ultimately interesting conversation between Yūichi Hashiba, 6th head of the Izumibashi sake brewery, and Nobuhisa Iwamoto, president of the Sankt Gallen beer brewery, virtual neighbours in the town of Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture....

The Nikkei Style site features an article on how sake can be better hot, increasing its aroma and umami factor. Kicking off with the obligatory seasonal reference, it points out that winter is the season for enjoying your sake warm, particularly together with dishes...

Hideaki Nakayama, reporting for GetNavi Web, comment that’s he’s been to lots of new product launches in the drinks business, but nothing like this. A new collaboration between a big name in the whisky world and a long-established sake brewery has seen Chivas Regal...

After translating the last two posts with Marie Chiba's recommendations for mixing and matching sake at home, I really wanted to try the doburoku (traditional home brew style sake) + soda = "dobusoda"... but with the limited range of sake available in Switzerland my...

Continuing on with this Tabi Labo interview with Marie Chiba where she gives her tips for recreating the kind of sake pairings you'd get at her bar/restaurant GEM by moto - in the comfort of your own home. Part 1 of the article was all about superheated taruzake with...

The Tabi Labo site features an interview with Marie Chiba, described as a charismatic figure in the sake world. At her bar/restaurant GEM by moto, she keeps carefully chosen sake at precisely controlled temperatures and serves it with matched dishes that have made the...

This post continues with the second part of an interview by Agenda Note with Masataka Shirakashi, owner of the Kenbishi brewery in Nada. The first part of the article looked at the brewery's 500 year history using three of the "4Ps" of marketing: product, price and...

Agenda Note talks to Masataka Shirakashi, owner of the Kenbishi brewery in Nada, and analyses the company's 500 year history through the lens of the 4Ps of marketing: product, price, place and promotion. The article starts off by asking the reader if they like “sake”....

The Wine What site has an article on a style of sake more commonly found in the wine world - rosé. Although sparkling sake - also called awazake - has become more common in recent years, Takizawa Shuzō are taking a different inspiration from the wine world with a...