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) brand. Asahi Shuzo ...

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 ...

Sake, also known as "nihonshu," is a transparent, fermented beverage to be consumed warm or cold. It is dry, slightly fruity, and produced from polished rice, water, yeast, and koji mould. Mirin, on ...

Though sake is sometimes referred to as rice wine, is that an accurate description? Not really, it turns out. Okay, so then ...

First, sake’s acidity is lower than in wine, which makes sake less picky ... for pairing with various dishes. Junmai means ‘pure rice.’ It is a rich, savory style of sake that can also ...

After all, the casual self-discovery session didn’t just involve tasting different types of sake—from the pure ... rice and hints of fruit and earth.” From there, armed with an array of wine ...