Unlike the world of standard wine, the fundamentals of sake -- and other rice-based spirits -- remains more opaque to the average U.S. consumer. Yet just like wine, shopping with intention when it ...

OKAYA, Japan (AP) — Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in the foothills ...

Japanese tipples sake and shochu -- and the knowledge and skills honed over centuries to make them -- have been added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. AFP looks at how sake, a rice wine, ...

Rice represents the essential raw material in sake brewing, with its intrinsic qualities and processing methods critically influencing the beverage’s final flavour profile and aroma. The traditional ...

NEW YORK — At first glance, Brandon Doughan certainly fits the mold of the professional brewer in Brooklyn: The Portland, Oregon, transplant has a tidy beard, a penchant for plaid button-downs, and is ...

Cameraman-turned-filmmaker Erik Shirai doesn’t answer a major question that viewers of his impressionistic slice of work-life doc The Birth of Saké are bound to wonder: Why does the Tedorigawa Brewery ...