Producing a beverage through mold may sound unappetizing. But “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” is now registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural ...

And although the traditional glassware for sake ranges from shot glass-sized options to handheld bowls, presenting sparkling sake in champagne flutes further showcases the uplifting mood of the ...

Sake has fueled many joyous and commemorative occasions in Japan. Now, it has provided another reason to celebrate. UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake ...

More specifically, UNESCO added the "traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan." "Sake is an alcoholic beverage made from grains and water that is deeply rooted in ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Gozenshu Brewery is one of the few in Japan using bodaimoto, a 600-year-old fermentation method, to make sake. They use it to make junmai, or pure rice sake ...

"This will help to renew interest in traditional sake elaboration.” In Tokyo, Hitoshi Utsunomiya, the director of the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association, a trade group, agreed.

The Japanese drink, sake, is growing in popularity and now with a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage designation, brewers ...

Origami Sake announced the launch of ZERO, its first national non-alcohol sake.

Champagne is based on the same idea. To realize his version of the ideal sake, Geoffroy introduced an outside-the-box idea to traditional sake production: assemblage. Assemblage, or blending of ...

Brachet also credits Geoffroy’s ability to bridge the gap between sake and wine, as he always hoped to do. “IWA speaks the language of wine drinkers, while sometimes traditional sake is hard to ...

Women were largely excluded from sake production until after World War II. Sake making has a history of more than a thousand years, with strong roots in Japan’s traditional Shinto religion.

A world heritage listing - alongside new sparkling and fruity 'cocktail' types of sake - will be the beginning of a ...