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Prepare to have your taste buds tantalised! Along with our buddies, The Oystermen (Observer Food Mag. Restaurant of the Year 2019), we’ve put together a special sake & seafood experience for you to enjoy in the comfort of your own home. I’m really excited about this! Having done sake & seafood pairings at The Oystermen […]

Last orders for Christmas delivery: Scotland and Wales: Friday 18th DecemberEngland: Monday 21st December For England and Wales only, if orders are if placed after the above dates, there may still be the opportunity for orders to arrive before Christmas. You can check the delivery schedule in the Checkout after you’ve inputted your delivery address. […]

I sat down (virtually!) with Alex, from Sugidama Blog, and I talked about sake basics and some of my tips for those just getting into sake. Including: How to choose sake What temperature to drink sake What cups/vessels you can enjoy sake from Types of sake Much more… Give it a listen (no subscription necessary) […]

Wednesday 18th November – Sake Basics It’s been a while since I did an absolute basics for sake so, if you’re new to sake and just want to find out more then this is the session for you! You don’t even need to order any sake for this one, just tune in and find out […]

A new lockdown brings a new slew of online tutored tastings! We’ve got three brand new sessions to take us up until the end of the lockdown on 2nd December (let’s see how that statement dates). Take advantage of our 15% sale and order your sakes now. If you want to join any of the […]

Sake Future Summit 2020 is a chance to bring the global dialogue about sake and shochu together in one place for one inspiring weekend celebrating these incredible drinks. November 21-22 (Sat & Sun)All weekend long(Japan local time) Lessons from the PastQuestions for the PresentExploration of the Future Visit the Sake On Air website for further details, schedule and full line up

From Monday, November 9th – Tuesday, December 8th 2020 Sakegraphy, a new online push by the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association (JSS), is giving away free sake! There are two different competitions: (1) Follow Entries: all you have to do is follow JSS Sakegraphy’s Facebook and/or Instagram account. There will be 20 Winners (1 […]

Now we’re fully restocked (phew! Sorry about that folks) it’s time we got our online sake tastings programme going again. We’ve got four fantastic new sessions scheduled on Wednesdays at 7pm – 8pm through September and October. Order your sake while and sale is on and join in! Wednesday 16th September – Warm Sake “What […]

A Look at Bodaimoto Starters Second in our series of online tastings and lectures, led by our Director and Sake Specialist Oliver Hilton-Johnson, is this video all about the medieval yeast starter technique, Bodaimoto. Including: When and where did Bodaimoto originate? Why is it still used and by whom? Who re-discovered it after years of […]

The last round of online tastings proved popular so I thought we’d run another four after next week’s. Thus far the lectures accompanying the tasting have been somewhat technical so I wanted to take the opportunity to focus more on tasting and on fundamentals (there’ll still be some ‘meat’ for the geeks out there!). These […]