Is sake a better pairing with food than wine? According to Monica Samuels, Kome Collective’s vice president of sake and spirits, the answer is yes. And that’s what she will set out to prove during her ...

In the summer of 2022, Japan launched a business contest to get young people to drink more booze, combatting a declining alcohol industry. The Sake Viva! contest is organized by Japan’s official ...

For years, most Americans knew sake — assuming they knew it at all — as a hot, jet-fuel-like drink sipped from thimble-sized cups between bites of sushi. Turns out, we were swallowing schlock. “There ...

Sip or slurp? Warm or chilled? Cheap or high end? Many Americans are not experts when it comes to sake, the alcoholic beverage that is an integral part of Japanese culture. “We drink it at weddings, ...

First, a lesson in how to taste. Mr Kawakami poured each sake into a white ceramic cup decorated on the inside with dark blue concentric circles. "Most sake should have almost no colour and be crystal ...

Sip or slurp? Warm or chilled? Cheap or high end? Many Americans are not experts when it comes to sake, the alcoholic beverage that is an integral part of Japanese culture. “We drink it at weddings, ...