Nina Murphy, who owns Portland’s Sunflower Sake, is a tireless missionary for its namesake drink. Her shop began in 2021 as a pop-up at Northeast Killingsworth’s Dame, and shortly afterward opened as ...

A primer on how to drink sake mirrors that of Japanese whisky: you savor it. Considered the national drink of Japan, sake has served as a staple in Japanese cuisine and culture for centuries (as has ...

Sake is an alcoholic Japanese drink made from fermented rice, water, yeast and a microbe called koji. You'll find koji in other Japanese foods like soy sauce and miso paste. Essentially, it's a fungus ...

LUQUE, Paraguay: Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It's brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savored in the country’s pub-like izakayas, poured during weddings and ...

The United States is now sake’s largest export market by volume. Long a staple in Japanese restaurants, sake also garners increasing interest in the mixology community. For an overview of America’s ...

If you haven't yet experienced the unique joy of sake, now's the time to take a sip. Known as Japan's national drink, this ...

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Having inked a new deal with a national distributor, US sake business Origami Sake is gearing up for an expansion drive that will see its product sold in 19 states over the next few months. With a ...

The sake business is reaching new heights. A Japanese sake maker wants to make an alcoholic beverage in space. Asahi Shuzo, the company behind the popular sake brand Dassai, plans to blast ingredients ...