"Part of the charm is the variance from tank to tank," he says. Like a good whiskey drinker, Izumi has built a library of ...

In 2024, the export value of sake reached 43.5 billion yen, with 3.45 million cases (9L equivalent) exported to a record-high ...

Though sake is sometimes referred to as rice wine, is that an accurate description? Not really, it turns out. Okay, so then ...

OME, Japan--Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing ...