Sake News from Japan
IWC Trophy winning sake tasting at Japanese Embassy London July 2018
Wow. I actually copied and pasted the title of this post from another one from almost a year ago. Most of the entries on this blog are a personal project to post a translation/summary of a Japanese news article a day for at least a year, so this reminds me that I...
On namazake day, no need to keep cool
The Kochi Newspaper carries a press release about Namazake Day, invented by the Gekkeikan brewery to be on 25 June in commemoration of their shipping namazake without refrigeration.Namazake is completely unpasteurised, unlike normal sake (pasteurised twice),...
Changing times, changing labels
The Kobe Newspaper Next site celebrates some local success with a Hyōgo prefecture brewery taking top spot at the Sake Competition 2018 - in the label category.The competition, organised by a committe formed of sake shops and other interested parties, judges...
The return of sake (and where to buy it)
There's even more in the MyNavi News article, which finishes off with thoughts on the sake "boom" and where people are buying their sake. The article mentions (without any further evidence) that there was a period when poor quality sake was on the market and the...
Asahi Shuzō, makers of Dassai, damaged by flooding
The Asahi Newspaper digital edition has a short announcement of serious damage to the buildings of Asahi Shuzō in Yamaguchi, makers of Dassai. The brewery, located in a mountain valley in Iwakuni in Yamaguchi prefecture, was hit by record rainfall on 7 July 2018. The...
What is value for money in sake?
Back to the My Navi online news site today for more on their article about choosing sake - this time value for money and recommended labels.The whole idea of value for money is an interesting one - it came up in another article about why some sake breweries are...
How (a possibly unrepresentative sample of) Japanese people choose sake
This weekend I'm looking at survey results from online news site My Navi, first of all asking a sample of Japanese respondents how they choose sake. They were not doing it the way I thought they would be!The article starts off explaining the "six types of sake",...
Dassai teams up with chef Joël Robuchon in Paris
The Japanese version of Pen Online features a story on a joint venture in Paris between sake label Dassai and chef Joël Robuchon.Junko Kubodera reports that the two have opened a tea room/bar/restaurant/shop on the rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré in the eight arrondissement...
Review of the Japanese Sake Competition 2018
The GetNavi Web site has a feature on the recent Japanese Sake Competition 2018.The contest started in 2012 and evaluates commercially available sake that consumers can get hold of easily. The judges are made up of individuals who provide technical guidance on sake...
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