Brewery Asahi Shuzo Co. held its first-ever contest in 2019 to find the best Yamada Nishiki rice variety to ... to create new values of sake that are different from wine.” Asahi Shuzo Chairman ...

Unlike the world of standard wine, the fundamentals of sake -- and other rice-based spirits -- remains more opaque to the average U.S. consumer. Yet just like wine, shopping with intention when it ...

OME, Japan--Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing ...

Sake, a traditional rice wine known as nihonshu, ranks as one of Japan's most famous exports alongside sushi. The drink, which is slightly yellow in colour, is usually about 15 per cent alcohol by ...

Secondly, sake has umami, which does not normally exist in wine. Sake is made with rice, water, yeast and koji. Unlike wine grapes, rice needs to convert its starch into sugar before starting ...