Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. But they do. Sake has been increasingly popular among French people lately. Imports of ...

The religious connotations of sake are evident at the brewery. The big cedar-leaves ball hanging under the eaves is a symbol of a shrine for the god of sake-making. In Japan, sake is used to purify ...

OTSU--This year is the last chance to taste a special sake blended with rice wine from the 32 member breweries of the Shiga Sake Brewing Association in Shiga Prefecture. The All Shiga 32 Sakagura ...

OME, Japan (AP) — 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 ...

OME, Japan (AP) — 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 ...

The first documented evidence of Winemaking in Japan comes during the 16th century when Portuguese Jesuit Missionaries landed in Japan, the leader, Saint Francis Xavier presented gifts to the Japanese ...

The former chef de cave of Dom Pérignon isn’t ready to retire. He’s now working in Japan, making premium sake under the IWA 5 ...

Sake is simply a Japanese alcoholic beverage, brewed like beer, but similar to white wine,” says Daniel Bennett, sake ...