Featured in the Finals of the 2024 ASI European, Middle East & Africa Sommelier Championship -- In November 2024, the ...

If you're planning on ordering sake in Japan, there are a few essential etiquette tips and customs you need to follow as part ...

The Japanese drink, sake, is growing in popularity and now with a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage designation, brewers ...

“Sake is considered a divine gift and is essential for social and cultural events in Japan,” Takehiro Kano, the Japanese ambassador to UNESCO, told The Associated Press. The basic ingredients ...

More specifically, UNESCO added the "traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan." "Sake is an alcoholic beverage made from grains and water that is deeply rooted in ...

OME, Japan (AP) — 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 ...

OKAYA, Japan — Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in the ...

During the pandemic, fourth-generation sake brewer Akira Sasaki realized that, despite having worked at his family business for over 25 years, he had rarely had a chance to see the faces of the ...

“I’d been through a life in medicine, a life in winemaking.” It’s this instinct that led Geoffroy to leave Dom Pérignon with the intent to blend Japan’s signature beverage, sake, bringing his IWA 5 ...

Japanese sake, that is listed as a nominee for Intangible Cultural Heritage, are displayed on Japan's delegation table, during an UNESCO World Heritage Convention, in Asuncion, Paraguay ...