Episode 164. On New Year’s Day, 2024, the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture was the epicenter of a major earthquake […]
Sake Vessel Series: Guinomi
Episode 159. Week in and week out, our standard gear for tasting and evaluating sake is a simple wine glass. […]
Sake in the Movies with Ben Haslar
Episode 143. Lights, Camera, Action! This week we are joined by fellow podcaster, film buff and sake fanatic Ben Haslar, […]
Sake Vessel Series: Yanagi Glass
Episode 128. Week in and week out, our standard gear for tasting and evaluating sake is a simple wine glass. […]
Branded: Tedorigawa
Episode 78. Movies about sake are few and far between, so you can bet that “The Birth of Sake” caught […]
Shubo Series: Talking Yamahai
Episode 58. Onward with our exploration of all things “shubo” in the third entry in our sake yeast starter mini-series. […]
Interview with Hanna Kirshner: Author of Water, Wood and Wild Things
Episode 53. When we first heard about Hannah Kirshner’s new book “Water, Wood and Wild Things,” we knew we had […]
Sake Production Series – Koji Making. There is a Fungus Among Us.
Season 1, Episode 11. Our Sake Production Series marches forward with John and Tim exploring Koji – the magical fungus […]
Featured Sake Ep. 4:
Featured Sake Episode 4 Sougen Junmai Classification: Junmai Acidity: 1.8 Brewery: Sougen Shuzo Alcohol: 15.5% Prefecture: Ishikawa SMV: +3.0 Rice […]
Read moreIn Search of Junmai Sake: Drunken Whales and Country Roads
Season 1, Episode 4. For this week “Junmai” is the magic word. It literally means “pure rice” in Japanese and […]