It’s on again for another year!Things have gone noticeably quiet on the promotion front as breweries knuckle down and get back to the business of making ...

We warned you in our last issue, and right on schedule those fresh, zippy shiboritate new releases for the year have already started popping up in sake ...

We’re on the downward slide to Christmas and the end of the year. This, of course, means precious little to the brewers out there who will be soldiering on ...

The weather is heating up, the rainy season is coming (or is it already here?) and rice is being planted. However it won’t be enough.The rice shortages ...

For those who aren’t in Japan, we don’t want to rub it in, but you’re missing out!We are smack bang in the middle of the sake events calendar, and there’s ...

89 Sake Max : Background It was on BlueSky, the alternative to Twitter, that I came across Sake Max thanks to Casey and let me tell you, I ...

In the last issue of SIN, we reported on how lower grades of sake are starting to encroach on the realms of the next grade up with greater regularity; in ...

Spirits distributor Speciality Brands has announced the addition of Kanpai, the London Craft Sake Brewery, to its portfolio. The move comes as the company ...

32 Nobori Sake : Background I was in Nara for a day out, trying to find some places to drink craft beer after spending time with the deers. ...

Just about everyday for the past few weeks the news in Japan has been covering the World Expo being held in Osaka. So far, the Expo has received a rather ...