The San Francisco Sake Tasting Seminar

For many Americans, an introduction to sake came while dining at a sushi restaurant. A ceramic pitcher of hot, high-alcohol sake arrived, it washed down the sashimi and the nigiri in little cups, and we thought that all sake was the...

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Sake 101-The Elements of Sake
An Introduction to Sake

Along with Japanese food and culture, sake has increasingly gained in popularity around the world. In the United States, there were only five brands of sake available in the 1970’s. Following the sake boom of the 1990’s, exports from Japan quadrupled, and today Americans can choose among 500 available brands...

1. What Is Sake and What Is It Made From?

2. Sake Regions

3. The Process of Making Sake

4. Quality Categories of Sake

5. Styles of Sake

6. Sake and Food

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