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 ...

TENDO, Yamagata Prefecture--Serious rice wine drinkers overseas tend to fall over themselves trying to get their hands on “ginjo” high-quality sake produced by Dewazakura Sake Brewery Co.

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

Sake exports grew by +6% year on year for 2024 compared to the year prior, with the export value reaching 43.5bn yen (approximately £230mn) with 3.45mn cases of the rice wine reaching a record 80 ...

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 ...