Pop Open Some Sake

What to drink with our New Year’s mochi menu.

Just a heads-up that there are a couple interesting-looking food-related events at the Japan Society this fall. On November 6th, there’s a lecture on sake and pottery by John Gauntner and Robert Yellin, followed by a sake...

Bet you’re referring to the John Gauntner site (link below). Link: http://www.sake-world.com/ Image: http://www.sake-world.com/assets/images/tokkuri-electric-blue1.gif

From a recent post on this board: John Gauntner's Sake World Sake e-Newsletter is worthwhile if you want to learn more about sake. The Wine House in LA has an occasional sake class. Wally’s and the Wine House both have a...

Sake writer John Gauntner puts together a monthly sake-tasting dinner which includes an informative talk about sake. Check his website (http://sake-world.com/ ) for dates. Much more informally, there’s a sake shop called...

Come and get it at this sake bar in Tokyo station. It will be running until August 5th. See the link below by local sake expert John Gauntner. Link: http://metropolis.japantoday.com/tokyo/recent/sake.asp

Be sure to check out John Gauntner`s website. Google his name and it will come up. He has great recommendations for Niigata sake. I just went through Niigata station and had a great ekiben of “yakitarako”. Ayu is in...

Bit late in the posting, but... Last Thursday’s sake lecture and tasting at the Japan Society was really enjoyable, both in terms of the lecture and tasting. While John Gauntner gave the introduction, the main part of the...

! And yes there are many restaurants including Ozumo, Betelnut, Kirala, Grasshoper... Highly recommend! Lastly, I recommend a book, “The sake handbook” by John Gauntner, or visit Beau at his store on 560 Hayes Street...

://groups.msn.com/DrinkBoy/messageboard.msnw Coffee Geek: http://www.coffeegeek.com/ 101 Cookbooks: http://www.101cookbooks.com/ Slashfood: http://www.slashfood.com/ John Gauntner's Sake World newsletter:...

From last year from John Gauntner's sake-world.com: http://www.sake-world.com/html/sw-2005_10.html "Okunomatsu “FN” Junmai Daiginjo. Developed by Okunomatsu (of Fukushima Prefecture) for the express purpose of allowing...

Depends on the sake, I suppose, but I’d put it at a couple of days — closer to the length of time you could keep an open bottle of beer in the fridge. Sake will oxidize just as wine will, and its flavor and fragrance...

WInes has some good ones and they should know what they taste like. A few years ago John Gauntner was there for a few days doing tastings and you can’t get better than that. (He’s the top non-Japanese sake expert in...

tasting will include sakes supplied by notables such as John Gauntner (author of The Sake Companion), who will bring a selection of sakes from his importing concern. A number of sakes from other importers will also be...

. Sake oxidizes faster than any other fermented beverage and is at its best within a day or so of opening. To learn more info on Sake from the best source, go to John Gauntners website. http://www.sake-world.com/