Sake is among the most widely imbibed alcoholic beverages in Japan, and it has its adherents here in the U.S., too, as this country is actually the biggest exporter of the alcoholic fermented rice ...

If humans eventually colonize the moon, the early settlers might toast their success with a bottle of sake, realizing the dream of brewer Asahi Shuzo Co. Yamaguchi-based Asahi Shuzo, known for its ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Sake has been brewed in Japan for thousands of years. The most expensive kind, made with polished grains of rice, is called junmai daiginjo. One bottle can easily ...

A bottle of limited-edition sake from the renowned Dassai brand fetched the equivalent of 843,750 yen ($8,026) at auction in Hong Kong on Nov. 10. The winning bid was 62,500 Hong Kong dollars.

With the price of rice skyrocketing, sake breweries are being left high and dry, struggling to procure raw ingredients as ...

Generally, said Millie West in Esquire, the more polished the rice, "the more delicate the sake, with floral and fruit notes dominating". (These are the pricier, "high-end" bottles; cheaper sakes ...

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This Hudson Valley brewery is combining Japanese tradition with modern innovation to produce the "highest tier of sake." ...

Early for my appointment with Sakurai, I was pleased to find a bottle of his Arizona Sake at a drive-through liquor store with a vintage neon sign. “Make sure you keep it cold or it’ll spoil ...

"And that really inspires me to bring that across through each bottle." Every year, during the busy planting season, Sato ropes in his staff, and even fans of his craft sake, to lend Nemoto and ...

Sake tends to have a high sugar content ... have whetted appetites for Japanese whisky to such an extent that a bottle of Suntory’s Yamazaki whisky, aged for 55 years, can set you back ...