October 1 signifies the beginning of the last quarter of the year, and this year there’s a lot of us that will be pretty keen to say a disdainfu...

Last time we took a look at the historic, and enduring, kimoto sake production process. This article will go into some depth on yamahai, the ‘kissin’ cousin’ of kimoto, as termed by sake legend John Gauntner.

Melon, banana, green apple. Strawberry, cotton candy. No, wait, dehydrated strawberry, and banana bread, not banana. These familiar modern day sak...