Sake News from Japan / Sake Muse

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...

PR Times features a press release for a brewery sending out a sake for each season along with some carefully chosen local seasonal delights. Takeshita Honten in Shimane [which the article describes as the "birthplace of sake"] released their "Shimane Sakagura Seasonal...

Kahoku Online News features a story about Niizawa Shuzōten in Miyagi, known for its label Hakurakusei. The brewery picked 22 year old Nanami Watanabe to take charge of production, an unusually young tōji. She got off to an auspicious start by winning the highest award...

JETRO reports on their Japan pavilion at the Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair (8-10 November 2018). It featured mainly sake, but also shōchū, awamori, wine and other Japanese alcoholic drinks. 27 companies and groups exhibited in the area. The trade...