Sake is a versatile and delicious drink, but it's often misunderstood. It is not a wine as it is made from grain — in this case rice — instead of fruit juice. It is not a spirit since it's not ...

Though people serve sake, or fermented Japanese rice wine, in small cups (known as guinomi or choko), you should avoid drinking sake like a shot. One reason is because sake is meant for sipping and ...

No other non-Japanese person on earth has achieved what John Gauntner has in the realm of sake. The Ohio native, who now lives in Japan, is the world’s only non-Japanese certified master of sake ...

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With the cherry blossoms approaching full bloom, Washingtonians’ attention traditionally turns to all things Japanese, to commemorate Japan’s gift of the cherry trees nearly 100 years ago. Among the ...

We’re certainly not forgoing classic wine, beer, or cocktail options when it comes to summer sipping, but we’re also tossing back our fair share of chilled sake, especially after sake expert John ...

Nearly every sake story in U.S.-based publications opens with a historical vignette. For Ben Bell of Origami Sake Company in Hot Springs, Arkansas, though, any discussion of sake begins with a moment ...

Celebrations usually uncork with a bottle of champagne, but on this particular occasion, we chose a screw top bottle of unfiltered sake (and some sushi) to mark the triumph. Food & Drink Editor Molly ...

TAG, Troy Guard’s restaurant in Larimer Square, will host Kanpai: An Educational Sake Dinner and Seminar tonight. The three-course meal, served with both sake and information about the drink, starts ...