OTSU--This year is the last chance to taste a special sake blended with rice wine from ... which roughly translates as “a pure rice wine produced under the collaboration of 32 breweries in ...

Having inked a new deal with a national distributor, US sake business Origami Sake is gearing up for a major expansion drive.

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 ...

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 ...

Sake, a traditional rice wine known as nihonshu, ranks as one of Japan's most famous exports alongside sushi. The drink, which is slightly yellow in colour, is usually about 15 per cent alcohol by ...

With an alcohol content that can range from 14 to 18 percent, there’s an impulse to compare sake to wine, but there are ... which means “pure rice,” it indicates that the grains were ...

the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back to the eighth century, but it's not the star of the show. Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and ...