Junmai Ginjo (an unpasteurized sake from Nagano) Akitabare Shunsetsu (an unpasteurized sake from, not surprisingly given the name, Akita) Hanahato Kijoshu (an aged sake, with a taste similar to sherry, from Hiroshima) Tsuki no...

is sipped directly from the glass before the glass is picked up. Picking up the glass before the first sip is super bad luck! Also for the junmai ginjo/ dai-ginjo(super-premium) the last sip is best served room temperature to...

their notes too. We tasted six sakes: 2 Junmai, 2 Ginjo and 2 Daiginjo. We tasted all of these straight (without food), so am sure they’d be completely different with food. The Junmai's were: Masumi “Okuden...

I fell in love last night. With this sake —> http://www.urbansake.com/sake/masumi-arabashiri-junmai-ginjo-nama-genshu.html My friend got the bottle in NYC and I’m willing to drive, but would like to know if there are...

At SAKAYA we carry two plum sake, Ginkobai and Kakurei Junmai Ginjo Umeshu (a well-balanced, not-so-sweet, high quality small production plum-flavored sake from Niigata). In addition to Yuki no Bosha Nigori and Chikurin Hana Hou...

. I loved the sake sampler which was a glass of 4 different sakes. The lightest, junmai ginjo, was very tasty. It is also much easier to park near Live than Umi.

including nigorizake, junmai, ginjo, and daiginjo. Ideally some sparkling sake as well. Arigato in advance!

name). The wasabi was oh so fresh and the soy sauce was on the light side so as not to hide the flavor of the fish. They asked if my Saki was cold and reminded me of the $5 corkage. We brought a bottle of Shimeharizuru Junmai...

IS the hardest working man in show business), I figured I’d pop by on the way home. They’ve got three different types/brands of sake on the menu, apparently in conjunction with a sake dinner held at Chanterelle last...

sake has different style, daiginjo is considered ‘higher grade’ because at least half of the rice kernel gets polished off before brewing. the degree of rice polishing affects the flavor. but a ginjo or junmai type of...

On the recommendation of a neighbor from Japan, I went to Akebono in Granite Bay. I started out with a sake tasting set consisting of small glasses of three kinds of craft sake, a junmai, a ginjo and a daiginjo. The set was about...

I’m going to be travelling to Japan and would like to buy some sake to bring back as a gift. Other than the Satano Homare, Kaiun Junmai Ginjo and Gin Ginjo, any others you’d recommend that you can’t purchase...

For nigori, Dassai junmai ginjo nigori has been often mentioned as a great choice. Dassai is from Yamaguchi prefecture and they seem to have increased their production and distribution. Their nigori has a natural (slight) fizz to...

Just curious, when you say you dislike sake, do you mean that hot crap most places sell? Or do you mean the real stuff? Served cold, premium junmai ginjo, etc. Anyway sake isn’t traditionally supposed to be drunk with...

, a product of a large producer. The comments on this sake were quite varied from those who thought it quite tasty to those who would pass on it. The second sake we tasted was a Shochikubai Junmai Dai-Ginjo, made in Tokoyo,...