Episode 99. Ripening in May each year, Japanese plums have a brief window of being in season. Brewers take advantage […]
Survival Japanese for Sake
Episode 93. It is a truth universally acknowledged that, when visiting a foreign country, learning a few words of the […]
Sake Etiquette
Episode 82. Japan is well known as an exceedingly polite country but along with this comes a bevy of rules […]
Sake Spotlight: Nagano
Episode 81. This week, let’s peruse another prefecture and visit what’s known as the “Roof of Japan”, the mountainous, landlocked […]
Focus on Filtering
Episode 79. This week we pay another visit to the Sake Education Corner to focus on what is known as […]
Sake Day 2021 Recap
Episode 77. October 1st is the biggest day of the year for us – it’s World Sake Day! 2021 saw […]
Cute Overload: Kawaii Sake Labels
Episode 73. Can you judge a book by its cover? Or a sake by its label? This week, John and […]
Aging Gracefully: Discovering Koshu
Episode 71. You may have heard that most sake is best consumed young and fresh. But what happens when you […]
Pressing Series: Yabuta
Episode 69. Onward in our series all about “shibori” or sake pressing. This week’s episode focuses in on the Assaku-ki […]
Pressing Series: Fune
Episode 68. Another week, another sake miniseries! This time around, John and Timothy look at the sake production step known […]