Price and profitability

by | Dec 18, 2025 | Sake News from Japan

So, according to the NTA–and survey company Teikoku Databank (TDB)–the value of sake produced has actually increased very slightly over the last few years, no doubt thanks to the shift towards higher value-added, higher-priced categories. Does this mean sake breweries...

I know what you did last summer

by | Dec 18, 2025 | Sake News from Japan

I went looking for updated sake export figures recently, which led me to the National Tax Agency’s July 2025 Sake no Shiori (酒のしおり) “state of sake” report (sake in the wider sense of alcohol in general, but including nihonshu/seishu in particular,...

How low/high can you go

by | Dec 18, 2025 | Sake News from Japan

Niizawa Shuzō (Miyagi Prefecture), makers of the super-low polishing 7% NIIZAWA and NIIZAWA KIZASHI ranges, teamed up with art project company ARTLOGUE to hold a competition for contemporary artists–with the winning works adorning their sake labels.  The Grand Prize...

If Santa were to bring you sake…

by | Dec 18, 2025 | Sake News from Japan

Niigata Prefecture-based FARM8, who developed Ponshu Guria (180 ml cups containing dried fruit, etc. for instant “sake cocktails”) and FER (lactic acid-fermented amazake cocktails), and operate the Sakepost sake-in-a-180-ml-pouch subscription service,...

Price and value

by | Oct 18, 2025 | Sake News from Japan

I actually got into bean-to-bar chocolate and coffee before I fell in love with sake, and although I am not and will never be any kind of wine expert (I don’t even drink it) I keep an eye on the IWC’s Canopy magazine as they often feature sake. So bear...