Tentaka is one of less than five that produces sake that is certified organic by the USDA, the European Union, and Japan. Munenori Ozaki, its third-generation president, puts great care into the rice, ...

Twelve years ago, rice breeders with Lundberg Family Farms crossed two rice plant “parents” in hopes of cultivating a better black pearl rice plant. After growing generations and generations ...

The key ingredients -- rice and water -- are from Fukushima, and he hopes that people who like his sake will be keen to find out about its source and producers as well. Organic rice farmer Nemoto ...

Brewery Asahi Shuzo Co. held its first-ever contest in 2019 to find the best Yamada Nishiki rice variety to use in Dassai, a renowned “junmai daiginjo” (sake specially brewed with pure rice ...

OME, Japan--Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing ...

Rain swept across the winter-gold rice fields of Japan's Kanto plain ... Tentaka is one of less than five that produces sake that is certified organic by the USDA, the European Union, and Japan.