Unlike the world of standard wine, the fundamentals of sake -- and other rice-based spirits -- remains more opaque to the average U.S. consumer. Yet just like wine, shopping with intention when it ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Sake has been brewed in Japan for thousands of years. The most expensive kind, made with polished grains of rice, is called junmai daiginjo. One bottle can easily ...

Sake is a rice-based Japanese brewed drink more akin to beer and wine. What may surprise people who aren't familiar with this beverage is how it's served. Sake will often be delivered to your ...

In 2024, the export value of sake reached 43.5 billion yen, with 3.45 million cases (9L equivalent) exported to a record-high ...

Waitrose announced searches on its website for the fermented rice beverage had soared by 241% year-on-year, while plum sake searches have climbed 100% compared with 2023, reported The Times.

The Gozenshu Brewery is one of the few in Japan using bodaimoto, a 600-year-old fermentation method, to make sake. They use it to make junmai, or pure rice sake that has no added alcohol or sugar.

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 ...

Now, some are seeing similarities with a different offering from Japan: sake, the fermented rice wine that's been a staple for millennia. Arkansas brewery aims to become a hub America's newest ...

Used in everything from traditional Shinto ceremonies to family celebrations, sake holds a special place in the country — ...

Delaware Water Gap, Pa -- Sango Kura, located in Delaware Water Gap, PA, is Pennsylvania's first and only sake brewery. Owner ...

Today just happens to be World Sake Day, so let’s do a recap of this Japanese spirit. October 1 was officially recognised as World Sake Day in 1978 by the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association.