In Japan, the Terada Honke brewery holds fast to tradition: wild yeast, ancient songs, and a mixture of muscle and finesse.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The importation of premium sake began about 30 years ago, and refrigeration has helped with quality control, diversity of flavors ...

OKAYA, Japan (AP) — Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in the foothills ...

The traditional Japanese drink is brewed (not distilled) from rice, yeast, water and koji, a mold that converts the rice starch into sugar. Premium sakes might add some distilled alcohol. Sometimes ...

Karen Gardiner has spent the past decade covering travel, culture, and food and drink for digital and print publications in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. She has written for The Washington Post, ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. It would be fair to say that Japanese food has become a part of American food ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. If you like Japanese food, you may enjoy Japanese sake as well. But many of us ...

Sake has been a Japanese staple for thousands of years. Discover its history and learn how to properly drink sake from industry experts. “The importation of premium sake began about 30 years ago, and ...