An curved arrow pointing right. Sake has been brewed in Japan for thousands of years. The most expensive kind, made with polished grains of rice, is called junmai daiginjo. One bottle can easily ...

but a 234-year-old sake brewery here in Ibaraki Prefecture is gunning to serve the next drinks at Dodger Stadium. Premium Ippin Junmai Daiginjo, made by Yoshikubo Brewing Co., is now on the VIP ...

This special junmai daiginjo sake is made using 100% Uonuma Koshihikari rice, one of Japan’s finest rice varieties, bringing out the natural sweetness and umami of the rice to the fullest.

Brewery Asahi Shuzo Co. held its first-ever contest in 2019 to find the best Yamada Nishiki rice variety to use in Dassai, a renowned “junmai daiginjo” (sake specially brewed with pure rice ...

The growing appreciation for Japan’s artisanal brewing techniques, regional sake varieties, and premium grades like junmai daiginjo has fueled demand. Additionally, sake education, tasting ...

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 that has no added alcohol or sugar.

Once confined to Japanese restaurants and karaoke clubs, sake has found its way onto drinks ... If you're after something extra-special, look out for daiginjo or ginjo on the label: these are ...