The new season of Sugidama Sake Podcast is out and I am releasing the first episode on Saturday! This is the start of a mini-series "How to Enjoy Sake".  After talking to a lot of people who don't drink sake I have realised that very often the reason is that they believe that sake has some special rules for buying, drinking and enjoying it and they don't know them. Don't forget Sake & Pintxos Discovery Night! The tickets are still available, see the bottom of the post! The post Ep. 49: How to Enjoy Sake: Easy Buying Guide appeared first on 杉玉 Sugidama: Sake blog ..read more

Talking to Tim and John from Sake Revolution is always fun. This time they came on my podcast to talk about sake in the US and New York in particular. The post Ep 43: Sake Around the World. New York with Sake Revolution, Timothy Sullivan and John Puma appeared first on 杉玉 Sugidama: Sake blog ..read more

A new episode of the Sugidama podcast is about the sake scene in Hong Kong with Eric Fung from Flavour of Life, a sake importer and retailer and Will Jarvis from Sake Matters, a consulting business, both are based in Hong Kong. The post Ep. 41 Sake Around the World: Sake in Hong Kong with Eric Fung and Will Jarvis appeared first on 杉玉 Sugidama: Sake blog ..read more

I've recently taken a Shochu Advisor course run by the Intentional Sake School and decided to share my experience in the final episode of Season 4. The post Ep. 48: Shochu Advisor Course Overview appeared first on 杉玉 Sugidama: Sake blog ..read more

This is the last episode of the Brewery Focus miniseries for the season talking to Nao san and Hiro san from Japan Centre about the Kuheiji sake brewery and its fantastic sake. The post Ep. 46: Brewery Focus. Kuheiji Honten with Japan Centre appeared first on 杉玉 Sugidama: Sake blog ..read more

A new English-language book about sake is always big news. They do not come that often. And this time we are treated by Discovering Yamaguchi Sake by Jim Rion. You should know Jim very well. He's a sake writer, translator and co-host of the fantastic Sake Deep Dive podcast together with Andrew Russell. In this episode, we are talking with Jim about his amazing book. I've read it already, and it was a joy to read. The post Ep 44: Discovering Yamaguchi Sake with Jim Rion appeared first on 杉玉 Sugidama: Sake blog ..read more

In this episode, I am talking to Elena and Laury from Sake Collective about Niida Honke, which has been brewing sake in Fukushima Prefecture for more than 300 years. The name of the brewery's flagship brand, Shizenshu, means “natural sake". Niida Honke uses only organic rice, fresh water from the local spring, and natural yeast from its own brewery.  They even use frogs on their own rice paddies to get rid of harmful insects.  The post Ep. 42: Brewery Focus. Niida Honke with Sake Collective appeared first on 杉玉 Sugidama: Sake blog ..read more

I've recently taken a Shochu Advisor course run by the Intentional Sake School and decided to share my experience in the final episode of Season 4. The post Ep. 48: Shochu Advisor Course Overview appeared first on 杉玉 Sugidama: Sake blog ..read more

in the conclusion of the Sake Around the World miniseries, I am talking with Jamie Ryder, the publisher of the fantastic Yamato Magazine, about the sake scene in Manchester. The post Ep 47: Sake Around the World. Sake in Manchester with Jamie Ryder (Yamato Magazine) appeared first on 杉玉 Sugidama: Sake blog ..read more

We continue our journey around the world to find out how sake fares in different countries. And today I am talking to Tony Yip from VSF Wine Education about France. The post Ep 45: Sake Around the World. Sake in France with Tony Yip appeared first on 杉玉 Sugidama: Sake blog ..read more