Sake Features and Reviews

This Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice is becoming more and more popular in American restaurants, bars and home liquor cabinets. Often erroneously referred to as "rice wine," sakes can be paired with many different dishes, used as an ingredient in cocktails and sipped cold, warm or hot. Find out more about sake with our reviews and features.

Sake Features and Reviews

TY KU Sake & Spirits lineup will include Coconut Nigori (on the left)

SAKE NEWS
TY KU Adds Coconut Nigori to Sake Lineup
In mid-August, TY KU Sake & Spirits will release its Coconut Nigori. Made from Junmai sake infused with coconut, it is partially unfiltered.

Dassai Junmai Daiginjo Sake 23 is made in the Yamaguchi Prefecture

PURE SAKE
Tasting Dassai 50, 39 and 23
We took part in a tasting of Dassai from Yamaguchi Prefecture, a sake that has the highest degree of milling of any sake in the world.

SAKE BASICS
A Quick Look at the Beverage
Commonly paired with sushi dishes, sake remains a mystery to many Americans, even though it's appearing more often on restaurant wine lists. Find out the basics of Japan's national drink.

KNOW YOUR SAKE
A Guide to Sake Varieties
Depending on how it's produced, sake can be just as different as wine varietals. Sip your way from fruity and floral to cloudy and creamy with our informative guide.

PAIR IT UP
Sake Pairings
It's not just for Japanese food anymore. Sommeliers are finding that sake can complement a wide variety of dishes.

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Pair sake with a variety of dishes, such as fresh fish

Other Sake Reviews

• Chikurin Karoyaka Organic Sake
• Dassai "Migaki Ni-wari San-bu" Daiginjo
• Gekkeikan Black & Gold
• Gekkeikan Zipang Sparkling Sake
• Hakutsuru Sayuri Sake
• SakeOne Momokawa Junmai Ginjo
• Syou-Jyou Junmai Daiginjo
• Tozai Junmai Living Jewel
• Tozai Nigori Voices in the Mist
• Yuki No Bosha Limited Release Junmai Ginjo
• Wakatake Onikoroshi Junmai Daiginjo

(Updated: 05/23/13 BH)

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