Event Review: Sake Pop #2

27/07/13 – Sake Pop #2

Last Saturday evening I had the pleasure of doing what I love: talking to and engaging people with sake at the second “Sake Pop” event. Sake Pop is a pop-up sake and Japanese food event, the brainchild of Japanese chef extraordinaire, Tom Dean. Tom is from a sake brewing family – his cousins own and run Tsuji Honten brewery in Okayama, Japan (one of the breweries I represent in UK). Having visited Katsuyama in Okayama where Tsuji Honten brews and, having met the Japan-based part of the family, I felt privileged to be able to join the UK-arm and support this great event.

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Tengu Sake website now launched!

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce the launch of the new Tengu Sake website.

• Order online and have premium sake delivered straight to your door!
• 25 sake to choose from!
• Easy to understand, easy to navigate website!
• Unique pictogram system helps you see at-a-glance the characteristics of the sake!
• Free delivery on orders of 6 bottles or more!
• Next day delivery to the London area if ordered before midday!
• 15% discount and free delivery on our summery namazake selection!

Order now at tengusake.com

Upcoming event: Sakepop#2 27/07/13

A pop up sake event in Brick Lane, London on Saturday 27th July 2013. Tickets selling fast (only 5 left!)

Details on the events page.

Tengu Sake’s success at IWC 2013!

In April of every year the International Wine Challenge judges thousands of wines and hundreds of sake. This year attracted 583 entries into the sake category making it, by far, the largest sake competition outside of Japan and the most internationally renowned. 2013 is our first year of entering the competition (hell, it’s the first year we’ve had any sake!)

Tengu Sake entered 10 sake and won 9 awards!

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