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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 […]

Online Lecture Series – A Look at Bodaimoto Starters

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 […]

A Delve into Namazake (unpasteurised sake) The first in our series of online tastings and lectures, led by our Director and Sake Specialist Oliver Hilton-Johnson, all about namazake. Including: What is namazake? Why is sake pasteurised? What are the flavours and aromas you can expect from a namazake? How is namazake best stored? How to […]

I thought it would be fun to do some tutored tastings online via Zoom so I’ve put together a little timetable of four online sessions, one per week, starting at 7pm, from 15th April so everyone has plenty of time to order the sake. Wednesday 15th April – Gozenshu 1859 Prototype – a delve into namazake Wednesday […]

Some good news! We’ve added nine new sakes to tengusake.com. Here’s a summary of the new additions:

Message from our Director: As you well know, the entire country is going through a time of unprecedented struggle and uncertainty which is affecting all aspects of our lives in varying ways and to different degrees of disruption. Tengu Sake is determined to continue supplying all your sake needs for as long as we are […]