Producing a beverage through mold may sound unappetizing. But “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” is now registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural ...

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 ...

And what comes with it naturally is Japanese sake. Sake exports hit the highest level in history in 2022 and the U.S. was the biggest importer by volume and the second biggest by value after China.

Like any fermented drink, sake's taste varies over time. Stored properly, an unopened bottle can last a couple of years. However, its shelf life shortens considerably once the cap is removed.

Sake has a rich history complete with dragons and gods in ancient Japan. Today, the rice wine is still sacred and has UNESCO recognition for its intangible cultural heritage. Explore the rice wine in ...

Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. But they do. Sake has been increasingly popular among French people lately. Imports of Japanese sake to France are at a record-high, and sales ...

The North Phoenix brewer is expanding beyond beer, to offer drinks for everyone. A new restaurant will join the party soon.

OKAYA, Nagano Prefecture--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 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Gozenshu Brewery is one of the few in Japan using bodaimoto, a 600-year-old fermentation method, to make sake. They use it to make junmai, or pure rice sake ...

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 ...