Sake News from Japan

If you were in downtown Nagoya on Sunday 26 August 2018 and wondered what was going on, the Meitetsu Keizai Shinbun site reports on a joint event between 31 bars and restaurants serving sake in the city and 36 breweries - most but not all from Aichi Prefecture. It was...

The Jiji news site has a report from the Shinto Tsushin PR media company on the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB) and its new sake division.The CMB has been running for over 25 years as an international wine competition, but is taking its first sip of sake as of...

The Ignite site reports on a marriage of local elements - mixing sake from the Kinoshita and Yosamusume breweries in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture with locally grown fruit. The area makes use of its different soil types to grow different crops, with juicy melons in sand...

Continuing with this article that looks at the rise in volume and value of sake headed for France and changes in French cuisine - including healthy Japanese influences - posing challenges for wine, the next topic is ingredients and flavours that wine just doesn't go...

Continuing on from yesterday's post about the rise in volume and value of sake exported to France, the article then looks at changes in the French gastronomic world over the last decade. Keiichiro Miyagawa, former taster at Suntory who then moved to France to manage...

The Tōyō Keizai Online site has an extensive article on the popularity of sake in France, including the new Kura Master competition set up by the French, for the French, to see what sake goes best with French food.And if you look at the photos of people standing...

The Sankei News site includes a report from travel journalist Shifumi Etō on a recent trip to Seoul and her discovery of Korean-made sake. After reflecting on changes in the Seoul food scene, including the rise of fancy "fine dining", and musing on liking Korean beer...

The Nikkei newspaper site reports on the release of three sake blends from the Kazuno Meishu brewery, known for their Chitose-Zakari label.Kazuno Meishu released three blends using Chitose-Zakari as a base in August 2018. The blends were created by the brewery's...

The Traicy travel news site reports on a new lineup for sake in ANA's domestic first and business class.The range will be available from 1 September 2018, and includes a custom brewed Aramasa No. 6 ANA-Type junmai namazake for first class passengers, and a yamahai...