by Arline Lyons | Apr 1, 2024 | Sake News from Japan
A Nagoya-based company is pursuing a very simple pairing concept by opening a tamago-kake gohan (rice topped with an egg) restaurant with menus selected by a sake expert, alongside a sake shop specialising in junmai nama. The minimalist menu at Shisei (written in old...
by Arline Lyons | Apr 1, 2024 | Sake News from Japan
While attention is still focused to some degree (and rightly so) on the devastation of the Noto Peninsula and its sake breweries, other areas are also in need of support – and finding it both locally and from new sources within the industry. The village of Tōhō...
by Arline Lyons | Mar 1, 2024 | Sake News from Japan
Takara, one of Japan’s (and therefore the world’s) largest sake makers, has issued a voluntary recall for almost 100,000 bottles of its sparkling sake Mio Premium Rosé. The limited edition product went on sale in January in 300 ml and 750 ml bottles, and...
by Arline Lyons | Mar 1, 2024 | Sake News from Japan
You may be familiar with the name Yanmar – often glimpsed on tractors and other agricultural machinery. But I wasn’t expecting the name to turn up on a press release about a new variety of sake rice… developed in Italy to be grown in Italy. Yanmar...
by Arline Lyons | Mar 1, 2024 | Sake News from Japan
I’ve already talked at some length about the negative impacts of climate change on agriculture, including rice farming and of course sake rice farming. One of the main ways that national and prefectural organisations work around the problem is by developing new...
