This is our sommelier Samantha Payne's guide to new Japanese drinks to try, from sparkling sake to whisky to ready-to-drink ...

Japanese sake maker Dassai is taking an unprecedented step into space exploration. The company plans to send its core sake ...

A Japanese sake maker is going where no sake maker has gone before: space. Asahi Shuzo, the company behind popular Japanese sake brand Dassai, plans to blast sake ingredients to the International ...

KESENNUMA, Miyagi Prefecture--A long-established sake maker here will learn later this year if it struck gold with its new way of storing 1.8-liter bottles of its premium product. The company ...

Dassai – meaning “otter festival” in Japanese – is one of the most popular sake brands on the market. But its maker is also behind premium products popular with collectors willing to spend ...

sake exports from Japan to the U.S. have more than doubled over the last decade. "The importation of premium sake began about 30 years ago, and refrigeration has helped with quality control ...

But his goal was not to produce another premium sake. “I am not Japanese. With full respect to the beautiful Japanese tradition, I can only follow my sense of deliciousness,” says Geoffroy.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today ... Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old ...

Sake is perhaps even more Japanese than the world-famous sushi LUQUE, Paraguay -- Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It's brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses ...

Contrary to popular perception, the Japanese fermented rice drink is versatile enough to suit a range of dishes you might not have expected ...