TOKYO -- Japanese sake, which is set to make a UNESCO list for its traditional brewing technique, is in the midst of an international boom, with exports soaring 70% in three years. Sake plays an ...

Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times Share Many years ago, when I worked at a Japanese restaurant, a hot sake dispensed from a machine often ended my night. My expectations of this beverage were low beyond ...

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 ...

For more than 1,000 years, the Japanese rice wine known as sake has been brewed. It can be served hot or cold, and its popularity has grown around the world. Brewers of the fermented alcoholic ...

Just as with wine, aging a sake can produce a smoother drink, but there is a cost in maintaining the right conditions for storage. A group of brewers in central Japan, however, has found a virtually ...

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 brewing ...