San Jose: Sake San Jose Sake Benefit

[ May 27, 2010; 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_6050" align="alignleft" width="185" caption="Sake San Jose!"][/caption]SAKE SAN JOSE!

Event Organiser’s Description:
Yu-Ai Kai’s Fifth Annual Sake San Jose event will be held on Thursday, May 27, 2010. Last year, more than one thousand sake tasters embarked upon the streets of our historic Japantown San Jose for what has become one of the most anticipated fundraisers of [...]

NYC: Jokigen Sake Tasting at Sakaya

[ May 21, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Jokigen Sake Tasting at Sakaya

Event Description:
Sample Jokigen sake at Sakaya

SAKAYA
324 E. 9th Street (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave.)
NYC 10003
212.505.7253 (SAKE)
www.sakayanyc.com

NYC: Fukumitsuya Sake Tasting at Sakaya

[ May 13, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Fukumitsuya Sake Tasting at Sakaya

Fukumitsuya sake tasting

Event Description:
Kagatobi Junmai Ginjo Nama, Kagatobi Junmai Daiginjo, Kuro Obi Yamahai

SAKAYA
324 E. 9th Street (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave.)
NYC 10003
212.505.7253 (SAKE)
www.sakayanyc.com

Chicago: Japan America Society of Chicago Sake Tasting

[ May 20, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Japan America Society of Chicago 17TH ANNUAL SAKE TASTING

Join Society members and guests for an exquisite evening of premium sake and contemporary Japanese appetizers, at the ultra swank Japonais Restaurant and Lounge. Ten sake breweries from Japan will be in Chicago for this one-day only event. Brewers will set up tasting stations along the [...]

NYC: Joy of Sake Aftertaste: “Celebrating with Sake”

[ May 4, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Joy of Sake Aftertaste:
Celebrating with sake

Sake has played an important role in Japanese myth and ceremony since the dawn of history. This evening’s tasting features 39 junmai, ginjo and daiginjo sakes, arranged by festival theme:

Cherry Blossom Season—gay, festive, fun to drink
Setsubun (Spring Festival)—scares the demons away
New Year’s—joyous, resplendent daiginjo labels
Tanabata (Milky Way [...]

NYC: Union Square Wines Sake Showcase

[ April 24, 2010; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Event Date: Saturday, April 24, 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Description of tasting:
USQ is pleased to announce our first sake tasting of 2010! The Sake Showcase will highlight an array Japan’s finest sakes from honjozo to happo, nama to nigori, genshu to ginjo, and beyond! Look forward to spiritual sips from the Yamagata, Nagano, Akita, and [...]

NYC: Sake 101 Blind Tasting Challenge Vol 2

[ April 28, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Sake 101 =Blind Tasting Challenge 2=

Register at www.japaneseculinarycenter.com

The Japanese Culinary Center would like to once again offer a basic sake class, “SAKE 101″, on Wednesday April 28th. We are going to taste 5 different types of sakes and pair them with authentic Japanese Otsumami such as Takoyaki or Isobe -age. This will be fun [...]

Interview: Kazuo Matsuura, Honke Matsuura Brewery

With Kazuo Matsuura and NarutotaiHonke Matsuura Brewery makes the famous Narutotai brand sake. When I recently met the brewery President, Dr. Kazuo Matsuura, he kindly agreed to answer some questions about his sake, his brewery and his native Tokushima. Narutotai is wildly popular in the United States and I wanted to learn [...]

NYC: EN Restaurant Best 100 Sake Tasting!

[ May 15, 2010; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] EN Restaurant The Best 100 Sake Tasting

Admission $40/person (including food & Drink)
*Reservations required | *Must be 21 or older
For reservations, call EN at 212-647-9196

EN Japanese Brasserie-
435 Hudson St.
New York, NY, 10014
(212)647-7552
www.enjb.com

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Honolulu: Joto Sake at The Sake Shop

[ April 24, 2010; 10:00 am to 7:30 pm. ] It’s Snowing at Honolulu’s Sake Shop!

EVENT ORGANIZER DESCRIPTION:
People often come in to The Sake Shop and ask us if we have a favorite sake. It’s always tough to answer this question because we don’t really have just “one” favorite sake. However, if I were to come up with a Top-5 list of [...]