Sake News from Japan
Photo gallery: WSET Level 3 Sake Course Day 3, Japan Centre and Shimogamo
Photo gallery: Gozenshu sake tasting at Sakagura with Tengu Sake
Photo gallery: WSET Level 3 Sake Course Day 2
Photo gallery: WSET Level 3 Sake Course Day 1
Sake tasting at Shinwazen, March 2017
The very generous Markus Baumgartner is one half of the couple who run the charming Japanese food, drink and gift shop Shinwazen near Zurich Hauptbahnhof. He and his wife Yuko are retired, but still active in the Slow Food movement and as ambassadors for Japanese...
What is the Taste Translation logo?
The concentric circles that make up the Taste Translation logo are based on those found inside official sake tasting cups, kiki-choko (ききちょこ). The pattern is called ja-no-me (蛇の目), "snake eyes". Professional sake tasters look through the sake at the alternating white...
Who’s behind Taste Translation?
Taste Translation offers specialised Japanese to English translation for fine food and drink, in particular for sake, wine, tea, coffee and chocolate. My name is Arline Lyons, and I'm a translator and localisation project manager with 20 years' experience of Japanese...
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